Track's fake snakes
haven't fooled birds;
nests still a problem
By Alfred Gross
Of the Emerald
Though they may scare off a
mouse or two, the 500 rubber
snakes bought by the athletic
department to scare birds from
Hayward Field haven't been en
tirely successful, says Steve
McBride, director of athletic
affairs.
Hundreds of swallows flock
around the field's grandstands
and make quite a mess, but the
athletic department isn't out to
banish the birds just because of
their unsightly excretions,
McBride says.
"Swallows build relatively
large nests that they make out of
mud, and once they are through
with the nests — sometimes
before they're through with
them — the nests get dried out
and they fall," he says. "We
perceive it as a threat to the
safety of spectators — and
anyone else who happens to be
in the grandstands — if they
should get hit by one."
The swallows and their large
nests are the main problem,
though the pigeons and spar
rows are "an irritation because
birds aren't too discreet about
relieving themselves," McBride
says.
"We did talk to a lot of dif
ferent people within the Univer
sity and the biology department
and outside. A lot (of people)
suggested that we hang up a
likeness of something that's go
ing to be perceived as a threat to
the birds naturally," he says.
So for a buck each, the
department hung handfuls of
rubber snakes on both sides of
the buildings at Hayward Field
with the hope that the birds
would be scared off, he says.
But the fake snakes didn't
bother the sparrows and only
temporarily discouraged the
swallows, McBride says.
After the swallows returned
from their winter migration,
they were hesitant to build their
nests near the rubber snakes.
"But we find now that they're
getting used to the fact that
these things are there,"
McBride says.
There still are not as many
nests being built as there were
previously, however, he says.
Because swallows are a pro
tected species, "we can't go out
and harm the birds. Not that
we'd want to, but we might if
that was the only solution to our
problem," McBride says.
"There must be somebody
out there that has something
that works, but maybe not.
These swallows are apparently
pretty tenacious animals,"
McBride says.
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