Saint Paul’s efforts to curb the pigeon population have been working. By stealthily slipping birth control into special feeders at the top of the Lowry, the number hanging around that building has been cut in half (so have your chances of being pooped on), so the city is considering adding these feeders to eight other buildings in the downtown area.
January 19, 2011 at 12:39 pm
They should do the same thing for the squirrels.
January 19, 2011 at 1:06 pm
Aren’t the the squirrels and pigeons part of the population count in St. Paul? Heh
January 20, 2011 at 7:56 am
Those adorable squirrels aren’t hurting anyone. When was the last time you heard of a person dying as a result of being bitten by a squirrel. Squirrels can do damage to wires, woodwork and gardens, so you wouldn’t want to have one in your house. Twiggy the water skiing squirrel does live in her house and travels in a motorhome and I don’t know how she does it. Squirrels are members of the rodent family because of the constant growing of their teeth, but unlike rats, do not carry disease. My son and I find squirrels to be totally amusing. We love feeding them at Loring Park. I do put wildbird seed out around my house and I do get birds, bunnies, and squirrels. The squirrels have been curtailed because of the deep snow and cold. They don’t poop all over like pidgeons and geese.
January 20, 2011 at 4:13 pm
This story cracks my shit up.