The Brief
- People living in a north Fort Worth neighborhood are sharing their street with about 500 federally protected egrets.
- The neighbors are upset because the birds are noisy, smelly, and messy. But there’s nothing they can do until the birds leave on their own in October.
- City officials said their power to intervene is limited by federal protection laws for the birds.
FORT WORTH, Texas – People living in a North Fort Worth community are upset over a noisy and smelly invasion of egrets.
About 500 of the federally protected migratory birds have taken over the Park Glen neighborhood, leaving behind toxic waste.
Fort Worth Egret Invasion
What we know:
Egrets are again causing familiar problems in the north Fort Worth community of Park Glen.…