It is a veeery nice park---FOR ME TO POOP ON! With news link.

[Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor]

Well, perhaps not for me to poop on, but something is sure pooping on it!

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060329/D8GLHODG9.html

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The area around Lake Eola has it all - a sparkling fountain, waterside cafe, swan boat rides and a bevy of bird droppings.

The foul smelling white film cakes lamp posts, covers sidewalks and park benches and stains the bushes and trees around a 100-foot stretch of the lake. Drivers who dare park their cars do so at their own risk. Within minutes, a car can turn from black to spotted along “bird poop alley,” as residents call it.

If anybody knows a bird watcher that they really hate…

[velvetjones]

I’ve been to that park many times and have never noticed it. Never noticed the smell, never got pooped on, nothing. Am I just lucky? Maybe next time I carry an umbrella just in case.

[Tupug_Anachi]

Saw this on the news. To add to the “ambiance” of the place…these birds are fish eaters. Quite aromatic, if you know what I mean.

vj, it’s probably worse during nesting season, plus I think this area as a nesting site has grown over time as the birds are pretty safe from predators.

[ILovCoffee]

They removed the previous nesting/roosting spot in the middle of the lake because it was messing up the lake per the newstory. I haven’t been by lately. And probably won’t now that I know about the “danger”. ::eek::