Bird problem at WDW

[paintnolish]

My mom had her entire funnel cake taken by a seagull that divebombed straight into her head. This was outside American Adventure.

A few days later, I saw a seagull swoop in and steal a little boy's hot dog out of the bun in the Magic Kingdom. He started crying, and his mom turned around and started yelling at him for losing his hot dog. So I told her a bird stole it -- not sure she believed me.

My own personal horror story was back in the Discovery Island days. A huge scarlet ibis flew into the side of my head. It was terrible.

By the way, I love birds -- especially shore birds. I just don't want them stealing my food.

Also, the "crane" type birds people keep referencing are egrets -- the larger ones are great egrets, and the smaller ones are snowy egrets.

Oh my goodness! I've got a Disc Island story, too. I guess they used to sell food you could feed to the birds? Well, my Dad pretended to put a piece on my mom's head (why you'd do that, I'll never know). Of course some big bird (but not Big Bird ) swooped down at her head!

 

[faindrops27]

As long as they don't cut in line I have no problem with them. This poor guy was just trying walk around the park and enjoy the MK like the rest of us...

Oh my goodness. This has to be the most funniest, picture, i have seen. That is so cute. Looks like the bird was just browsing around!!

 

[kaabost]

I've worked with wild animals most of my life and just picked up a few tricks is all.

It seems like a lot of people have problems with some of the wildlife around the parks, mostly from just never having to deal with it before or misunderstanding (especially snakes and lizards, it seems). I'm thinking about writing a "Disney Critter Field Guide: Or, What To Do If Your Child Tries To Eat An Anole" thread someday.

Hahahaha! That would be hilarious! I'd buy the book just for a laugh. People who don't hang out outside and/or who live in very different climates do seem to struggle with the Florida Theme Park variety wildlife .
Actually, I have never been attacked at WDW (although, I probably wouldn't recognize that I was being attacked.........since I get attacked for food every day at home (see photos below).

 

[Cinders Mum]

I do wish people would quit feeding the birds, despite the song in Mary Poppins !!!!

They are becoming more aggressive, also the ducks are even worse, they nip me everytime cos I won't give them one of my fries, my family are useless as they think it is hilarious, easy seeing it's not them being pecked.

Worst place for this I have found was McD at DTD, they'd nip my ankles, my butt, my legs, and they'd gang up on me ....lol I find it funny now, but I hate it.

It's also why I now request upper floor rooms on my reservations as I cannot stand it. It's not even like I am unused to ducks, we have loads in the stream outside our house, but they are not fed the way the spoilt () WDW ducks are and so do not behave in this way.

Val
xx

 

[TLHB70]

I hate to bring this up because I know it isn't a pleasant topic of conversation. However, I was wondering about bird droppings. I haven't been to WDW in almost two years. However, my mom said that there has been a lot of talk in the Orlando area and news articles about the bird droppings and the mess it is making around there. She said that people in WDW are being affected because several guests have had it happen on their heads, clothes, etc. I have never noticed a problem with this in my other trips, but like I said, I haven't been in almost 2 years. Is it much worse now. Has that been a problem? Sorry, again, I know that it isn't a nice topic. But I have been a bit concerned about it.

 

[my2minnies]

The birds are very aggressive! A while back (I think 1995) I was walking in frontierland with a churro and a large sea gulls swooped in from behind me and actually flew into my head. It was horrible--I dropped the churro and ran! It is one of our Disney stories that gets retold over and over again.