Officials hope to keep egrets from establishing
a rookery near homes.
By MATT PATTERSON NewsOK.com
MIDWEST CITY — It's not quite as scary as a scene
from Alfred Hitchcock's “The Birds,” but Midwest City officials are gearing up
for an egret invasion this spring.
Several thousand egrets settled into a rookery
near Reno and Post Road last spring, and they are expected to return when the
weather begins to warm up. The birds were a nuisance to nearby homeowners who
had to contend with the noise and smell of thousands of birds occupying a grove
of trees near their homes.
Midwest City officials will ask the city council
to approve $21,000 in overtime between March 18 and May 18 this year and
another $1,625 for supplies to scare the birds away.
The egret is a migratory bird that is protected
by federal law.
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