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You might want to take shelter if you’re on the riverside of Keelung, because if you’re not careful, you might become the target of egret droppings. As egret breeding season arrives, these birds are nesting on tree branches along the river. Waste management for egrets means direct disposal below, so nothing underneath the canopies is spared. Seeing the nuisance they’ve caused, the Keelung City Government has temporarily removed a few high-risk parking spots.

This is Ren 1st Road in Keelung. A car parked along the Tianliao River is heavily covered in white spots—droppings from egrets perched on the tree branches above. It’s now their breeding season, and large numbers of little egrets and eastern cattle egret are nesting in trees, their waste disposal directly aimed at parked cars under the canopies.

- Don’t you find it risky to park here?
- Yes.
People told me this spot is safer, but I disagree.
Hahaha…

A white SUV is about to park, but the driver immediately changed their mind. They must’ve noticed the spotty sidewalk, because they won’t even stop for a single moment longer in the parking space.

Not just cars, but pedestrians too are on high alert while passing through this danger zone. They shuffle past the area quickly, lest they linger a second too long and become a target.

- Can’t do anything but wear a hat.
- There are so many bird droppings.
- Yeah.

It’s no exaggeration to say that the bird droppings are everywhere, from the sidewalk, to tree trunks and even road signs. To spare car owners of trouble cleaning up, the Keelung City Department of Transportation has temporarily cancelled parking spots under the nests.

Huang Shih-han
Keelung City Department of Transportation
We’ve gotten a vendor in the past two days to cancel around a dozen parking spots.

The city government also says that in the future, they’ll make sure to prune excess branches before the egret breeding season to avoid mess and afflictions to local residents.

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