Date:         Mon, 16 May 2005 15:10:45 -0500
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: toxic bird poop
Comments: To: JordanVw@AOL.COM
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I don't know about the solvents in bird poop,  but.........

I can tell you you don't want to park under or near any roost where
there is a bald eagle!!!! Especially an Alaska Bald Eagle.

I was working in Cordova down in the Prince William Sound of Alaska and
was out a dirt road one day and was admiring a big bald eagle in a
treetop across the road. That bird decided to lauch into the air off his
perch and eagle have a particular way of doing that, I came to
understant. Almost in one motion, they first make a kind of squat, then
shove off the limb with a mighty push with their legs, and at the same
time they get those wings out stretched into a full flap to get
themselves going. When my bird launched, he let out a blast of bird poop
so big that it sprayed into the air as if someone had fired a 300
Weatherby bullet through a gallon can of white paint!!!!!!! I was
stunned. It was a huge white explosion, and  all that urea blasted into
the atmosphere.
So, never fear for the planet, there is plenty of nitrogen being added
to the topsoil - and the atmosphere  for lightening to bring down for
plant life to feed on.

Defintely do not park under an eagle roost. You will lose ALL your paint!!!

Regards

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:

>ok, all you chem and biology majors out there..   what the hell can possibly
>be in bird crap that will eat thru paint/clearcoat!!!!??
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>spring is here, and the local bird population is doing the Blitzkrieg thing..
> dropping bombs on every car around.
>anyway, i went to clean off some of this sh*t and i discovered it has eathen
>thru the clearcoat!   done deal..damage done..  no buffing will help..
>  that is some toxic turds..   just ranting that a factory finish cant stand
>up to some doodoo..  :<(
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>any of you avain afficiandos know?
>chris
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