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Since the Keelung Transit Station has an open-aired design, it’s appealing as a nesting place for birds. But while it may be great for them, it leaves behind a mess of difficult-to-clean droppings. The city installed an ultrasonic repeller to drive them away, but it seems to have backfired. The pigeons left, only to be replaced by the more aggressive myna bird, making the situation even worse.

As far as the eye can see, there are white spots dotting the pavement at Keelung Transit Station—all bird droppings. The cleaners stay busy with mops and scrapers to clear it away, because if they miss just three days, it’ll start to corrode the pavement.

Cleaner
Keelung Transit Station
It sticks, so to get it off, you have to scrape it or use a wet mop to soak it first so it’s easier to clean. By the time I get here in the morning, it’s usually already hardened.

Cleaner
Keelung Transit Station
It’s like this every day. We’ve been cleaning it for nearly three years now. Like this. It won’t come off now.

Since the station plaza is open to the air, it’s become a haven for birds. Travelers have to be careful when passing through, or they may get an unwelcome gift from above.

Huang Shih-han
Keelung transportation official
We installed ultrasonic bird repellers at the transit station, but found out that some birds still fly into the station to roost in the evening or at night.

The city originally set up these ultrasonic repellers hoping that the high-frequency sound would make the birds uncomfortable. While it did drive off the pigeons, it inadvertently cleared the way for a far more stubborn species: the invasive myna bird.

Cheng Wei
Wild Bird Society of Keelung chair
The device plays generic bird sounds, so it’s not specific to any species. The aim is to drive away anything nesting up there. Apart from the invasive mynas, like the common myna or Javan myna, there are also native pigeon species nesting up in the large station roof. But the invasive species account for at least 90%.

With invasive mynas proving both highly adaptable and fast-breeding, the city said it would enlist the help of the Wild Bird Society and Animal Protection Office to find a better solution, hopefully clearing the way for a cleaner commute.

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