Avoiding a fowl-up in Comanche

 
MICHAEL KIMBALL
Published: June 4, 2009

COMANCHE — Thousands of migratory birds nesting in Comanche are ruffling residents’ feathers because of their prodigious pooping, city officials said.

The culprits are 3,000 cattle egrets that flew in beginning last month.

"It’s the most putrid ... smell you can imagine,” Comanche City Manager Brant Ball said.

The avian invaders have been nesting near the Stephens County tow...


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