Where are the pigeons, black birds, bugs etc?

[MommiePrincess]

We just got back from a wonderful 8 night trip and stay at GCH. I just have to post this to see if anyone else has noticed that in DL there are only cute little sparrow birds......where are the pigeons, black birds, seagulls and even crows that should be attracted to the park???? How can there be only one species of bird there?? Also we never saw a bug (ant, bee, wasp,) only butterflies and dragonflies. Just an interesting observation. We did see the DL and hotel cats which I am a huge cat fan, so I am fine with cats helping to curb the rodents and I hope the park helps with trap- fix- release programs. I also didn't see any obvious mouse/rat traps anyplace. We were eating by the corn dog stand at DL and a small black bug landed on my 3 year olds DD paper wrapper and she got all excited...she thought a CM was going to come wisk it away like they do with the garbage, confetti etc. The park is immaculate! I still wonder about the birds tho.........

 

[tiffntwins]

OMG ! Too funny. I have asked others as well as cast members how they keep all the undesirable wildlife out of the parks. I figure there must be some invisible force field around DL...

I have seen mice twice while waiting in line for the Matterhorn, and I figured they were unofficial cast members.

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

I've been there a few times really early, and it's cool to see the crows all leave the park. They come back in the late afternoon/early evening, and you can see them all swirling around the trees.

 

[disneyfaninaz]

You still have to watch those little sparrows though -- they've been known to take food right off of the table!

 

[CoolPool]

I've seen many cats at DCA in particular...old school pest remedy.

 

[disney_love<3]

I saw a mouse in the bushes while waiting for splash mountain, once. Also seen cats.

 

[LuLusApple]

This is such a funny thread I never see many bugs, either. But we do see
giant black and turquoise flying bugs a lady in line called junebugs? Idk but they were bigger than a quarter! Lol

 

[Disneylvrforever]

I can't believe you didn't see any unwanted bugs on your trip, you're lucky. I've seen murders of crows fly around New Orleans/Critter Country & land in the trees, a dead beetle junebug thing in the sink in the bathroom on Pirate's Lair, spiders w/ massive webs on Pirate's Lair, & I didn't see this one for myself, but I've seen ppl who were waiting for Fantasmic jump up bc of cockroaches.

 

[maberlyne]

My family has talked about that, too! No flies, either! That's the weird part that I've noticed. It's the magical Disneyland bubble, lol!

 

[spacemermaid]

I've only ever seen the crows by the Haunted Mansion...I thought maybe they were "animal Cast Members", as they fit so well with the scenery

 

[tink929]

Just this week, we met one of the DL cats at the Hungry Bear :lol:

We saw crows early early in the morning, but no pigeons, thank goodness - we see enough of those at home. I've seen mice, tons and tons of ducks, and a poor cast member was getting chased by a junebug at the churro cart the other day. My hubby actually caught it and threw it into a wooded section so she could get back to her register!

 

[Sherry E]

One time, back in 1992-ish, it was a warm but breezy summer evening in July, and my friends and I were walking past the Submarine line, on the Tomorrowland side of the Matterhorn. As we passed the extra, extra long line of people waiting to board the Subs (or maybe the were waiting for the Monorail - can't recall), I spotted a man wearing a golf-type shirt, chatting with his group. I noticed something moving on his shirt, up his chest and towards his neck. He seemed oblivious and just kept talking. Now, keep in mind, I spotted this thing from a distance and it grew bigger as we got closer. I thought I was seeing things. How could he not know - or how could someone in his party not inform him - that there was a moving 'thing' on his chest. I thought maybe it was some sort of large firefly or something which had landed on him, and that would have been crazy enough. I thought this beast was going to crawl into his shirt because it was headed up to the collar area, but I watched it as we passed and it crawled over his shoulder and onto his back. When I got close enough to identify it, I could see it was one of those icky, horrible, huge, outdoor roaches!! (You know, the big ones that seem to mainly live outside in the hot summer months, but if you find that one has made its way into your kitchen through some underground tunnels and you stumble upon it in the middle of the night, you will let out a shriek!!)

I said to my friends, "What IS that? He doesn't even notice it! Is it a pet of some kind? Should we tell him?"

And my friend replied, "No. If his friends aren't telling him, then there must be a reason."

Anyway, after that, we peeked in the foliage adjacent to that line and we saw a couple of those same roaches scurrying away to hide. So to this day, I am still not sure if this man grabbed one of these bugs out of the plants and put it on himself, or if one particularly aggressive roach decided to hitch a ride on this guy's shirt and get out of dodge, but the guy did not even acknowledge the bug nor did anyone else he was with! Ick!

 

[karylrocks]

Eeeeewwww! Sherry, the thought of that just creeps me out!