[Ely]

These birds are just awful. I own a sailboat and 1 day i noticed they moved into the harbor where i moor my boat. Within weeks they invited their friends and they would sit way up in the mast. Judging by the amount of waste that collected on the boat below, these fish are prolific eaters. Finally, the harbor enforced a war on birds and all boats were required to take preventative measures likes putting bird spikes up on the spreaders and top of the mast or use these wind activated sweeping devices that prevented them from resting in a particular spot. The population lessened considerably but they did not leave. Once deprived of their high resting areas, the majority moved on to another locale.