Chicagoist: Dirty Birdy

RUNFAR

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:06:19 -0600

I was at Lincoln Park Zoo when I took this shot. There were alot of birds swarming the "food court". Obviously this one caught my eye...this bird stood out not only because of the way it looks, but its behavior was different from the rest. Brave and aggressive. I was lucky enough to capture him/her at a moment of calm. Thank you Prescott for your story based on my photo. I was hoping others would come up with a theory of how this bird became blue. -Leslie

Prescott Carlson

Mon, 12 May 2008 11:36:47 -0600

I was wondering that when I posted the pic. It looks like it took a bath in a Slurpee.

prattfall

Mon, 12 May 2008 11:16:18 -0600

LOLwut? Did that bird get caught in the Chicago River on St. Patty's Day?

celerysalt

Mon, 12 May 2008 10:07:44 -0600

As a conservationist and former member of PETA (okay, when i was thriteen) I would like to say the following: Kill the seagulls. Then kill the pigeons. They are both disgusting, aggressive and terrifying. Thank you.

BlueFairlane

Sun, 11 May 2008 22:11:31 -0600

So I have to wonder. Lots of beaches have seagulls ... pretty much all of them, in fact. And yet few beaches have the E. coli problems Chicago's beaches have. So why are seagulls so detrimental to Chicago beaches and not all other beaches? Or perhaps the problem in Chicago isn't the seagulls.

Tread

Sun, 11 May 2008 12:41:06 -0600

You want to get rid of the majority of seagulls? Get rid of Seagull Pier, next to Navy Pier.