J. Louise Larson

Buzzards Go Home: City Uses Cannons To Scare Kettle of Vultures Away From Water Tower



Posted: Saturday, March 01, 2008

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ENNIS - Huddled high atop the Ennis No. 1 water tower Monday evening, a venue of black buzzards roosted.

The buzzards, also known as Mexican, silver-tip or white-tip buzzards or vultures, pretty much ignored signs on the fenced enclosure below that prohibited unauthorized access to the city's water supply site.

Maybe they were waiting for something to die down below; black buzzards have been known to prey on helpless newborn calves and even the upholstery of open convertible autos.

In any case, the Water Tower Buzzard Club seemed oblivious to the consternation they were causing city officials trying to find a way to get them down off their chosen perch at the corner of Sherman and Lake streets.

The birds occasionally lifted off to circle around - in buzzardspeak, that's called a "kettle" of buzzards, and it's causing a tempest in the city teapot for Crystal Davis, the director of health services, who has dusted off the animal nuisance sound cannons in efforts to get the pesky birds to buzz off.

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J. Louise Larson is the managing editor of The Ennis Journal in Ennis, Texas. She is a Texas-based writer and speaker whose work has been published in magazines and newspapers, including Entrepreneur Magazine, AirTran's Go Magazine, Smart Business Magazine, Midwest Airlines' MyMidwest Magazine, DS News, the Dallas Morning News and others. Her work has been featured on thestreet.com, msnbc.com, entrepreneur.com, business.com and other sites. Her family blog can be seen at http://familyrootsandwings.blogspot.com/ and her writing blog at http://writingporch.blogspot.com/. She is the author of The FabJob Guide to Become A Party Planner (FabJob Publishing 2006) and a member of The Author's Guild and the Writers League of Texas.

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