The owner of a 20-hectare mango plantation in Sawaeng Ha district of the central province of Ang Thong has put it on the market, and the sale includes tens of thousands of Asian openbill storks (Anastomus oscitans).

 

43-year-old Kannikar Supradit told Thai PBS that, for the past three years, she has been fighting with the birds to no avail, as they now occupy almost every mango tree in the plantation and damage the fruit, causing her about half a million baht in lost revenue per year.

 

Since the flooding in October, she said that the birds have taken to roosting on the roof of her house and their droppings emit a foul odour, making living in the house almost intolerable.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/mango-plantation-for-sale-in-ang-thong-following-massive-stork-invasion/

 

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2 minutes ago, webfact said:

Since the flooding in October, she said that the birds have taken to roosting on the roof of her house and their droppings emit a foul odour, making living in the house almost intolerable.

Possibly not the best promotion for selling the property ...................LOL

Perfect tourist attraction....stork coffee shop.....so long as the owner hoses down the house roof before customers arrive. 

Scarecrow?

I'll offer 100 baht.. 

..is this a sign of the arrival of many babies? ????

Pattaya and Phuket need a lot of "Storks"

My wife's family use little round fireworks that they launch with a catapult over their fields. Works every time. Keeps the soi dogs away too.

Plenty of guano for harvesting then.

When I lived in the countryside back in the UK the local farmers used gas powered bird scarers, every 15 minutes or so they would give an almighty bang scaring the birds away, maybe she needs a couple of these.

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

I'll offer 100 baht.. 

Ill overbid you 10000 baht

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

I'll offer 100 baht.. 

See your hundred, and raise you another......

Anybody tried roast stork ?

10 minutes ago, natway09 said:

Anybody tried roast stork ?

In colonial India, sportsmen shot the openbill for meat, calling it the "beef-steak bird" 

Openbill is another name for them

7 hours ago, xtrnuno41 said:

17 hours ago, Geoffggi said:

Possibly not the best promotion for selling the property ...................LOL

 

17 hours ago, Geoffggi said:

Possibly not the best promotion for selling the property ...................LOL

 

What is the asking price ?

 

and what do you get for the money apart fromthe storks ?

 

I could be interested

Very poor sales pitch

Not sure that she tried very hard to get rid of them .....   

 

she could have tried ....   a gas gun 

 

 

or the acoustic infared bird scarer