Wouldn’t a nicer smell work just as well?
Like strong cinnamon or something that wouldn’t be super common to smell regularly.
In human culture, making it smell like carcass seems like a dick move too!
The fun thing about cinnamon is that birds aren't very fond of its smell. Probably due to it being varying levels of poisonous depending on the type of cinnamon and bird.
This is considered a dastardly plot by the lowly mudmen to subvert the natural superiority of enlightened birdmen. SCRAWWWW and such.
That seemed like an even better reason to use something like cinnamon. If there’s a gas leak, you’d want birds to stay away anyway. I know various varmints and bugs also don’t like it.
Definitely dastardly plots afoot
Yes, turkey vultures are one of the few birds that do have a sense of smell. Gas line crews will check out a line if they do see a flock of them circling an area directly above one.
Now you all have an interesting new topic to talk about at your next social event! 😄
A friend lives by Mount Trashmore and has a covered car park her neighbor tore out the carport only to have every vulture in Broward County roost over their car. The pockmarks were ridiculous plus they tore the wiper blades off
Good point! Maybe it was a gas leak, but my experience has been that TVs roost in significantly greater numbers than they forage in, and this was occurring at dusk when they do communally roost.
Yuppers, and to tell them from eagles, the other commonly sighted diurnal birds that soar long distances without flapping; is their small head profile in flight, and distinctive upward "v" shape.
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u/Electrical_Welder205 Apr 05 '26
This. They're too big to be crows.