KILLER SEAGULLS!!!!

just to warn all of you new comers to the park, cedar point is FULL of birds that want nothing more than to poop on your head more than once, land on you and make you look stupid for screaming and running in public, or even hurting your head with their beaks, so watch out, and every time you see a shadow fly over head...youll see ever employee who knows better duck for dear life!!! always carry and umbrella or a cash box if your in merchandise!! this way, you have a weapon! good luck!

This is true. I got the seagull sh^& on the head treatment three times over the course of my first summer.

In addition to seagulls, watch out for the little black birds with the yellow and red on or by their wings. There was one by Hats and Such that attacked more than one crewmember walking down the midway to work in the morning. The thing just came down, landed on my head and started pecking at me!

-Matt
2001 Magnum Crew
2003 Magnum Crew

The black birds with yellow and red bars on their wings are (appropriately) known as red-winged blackbirds. Their usual habitat is marshlands and ditches; we have a lot of them where I'm from in Michigan.

They're actually really cool to watch, since they have some sort of "courtship ritual" which involves the male tipping almost upside down from where he is perched and spreading out his wing and tail feathers while singing a song. When I was little and had to wait for the school bus to come pick me up, I could see the blackbirds across the road in the ditch competing with one another while doing this; I always thought it was funny how they would try to outdo one another.

The bad thing about the blackbirds is that they are fierce protectors of their nests. Unlike another bird which might run away when you come near their nest, hoping to distract you, blackbirds will viciously dive-bomb you and peck you to try to scare you away. If you can figure out where their nest is and stay away from it, you probably won't get attacked.

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~Lee~ (Amateur ornithologist...)

Group Sales ATL '01
Group Sales TL '02
Park Admissions Supervisor '03
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"The greatest leaders don't take credit for their actions; they don't have to."

We had our stalker killer bird (of the same color aforementioned) live on our lift hill. Whenever we had to run up to check a seatbelt or something, the darn thing would attack us. I almost fell off the stairs and into the water trying to avoid it. It even so far as to attack (briefly) a guest on their ride up. This year, I'm taking the hard hat and a broomstick with me everytime I go up.

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MANTIS ROCKS 2002 & 2003

Hehe, I'll never forget our little "bird peep-show" on Mantis my first year. A few times, we'd watch two birds go at it in the rafters above the track in the station. It was quite funny. I guess Cedar Point IS a place for making families...

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Mike
Mantis 2001
Magnum 2002
Top Thrill Dragster 2003

me and my dad were at the point this summer and this was the first time he had beeen there since 95 and a seagull crapped on his back it was so funny

Every day those darn birds would wait for me to leave my dorm! Every day! I would have my nice clean Fridays shirt on and would be all set to get to work on time and then splat splat splat! If pooping on me wasnt enough attacking me was also fun! One night I actually had to go in between two cars and lie down to save my head! Two guys watched the whole scene and were laughing their butts off. I hope after I got out of there the seagull turned on them!

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TGIFridays 2002
Screamster 2002
Johnny Rockets Super Server Girl! 2003

It's just crazy to hear all the seagulls screaming at one another from on top of Park Op in the morning. I never knew they could make so many different noises!!

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~Lee~

Group Sales ATL '01
Group Sales TL '02
Park Admissions Supervisor '03
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"The greatest leaders don't take credit for their actions; they don't have to."

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Lee said:
The black birds with yellow and red bars on their wings are (appropriately) known as red-winged blackbirds. Their usual habitat is marshlands and ditches; we have a lot of them where I'm from in Michigan.

They're actually really cool to watch, since they have some sort of "courtship ritual" which involves the male tipping almost upside down from where he is perched and spreading out his wing and tail feathers while singing a song. When I was little and had to wait for the school bus to come pick me up, I could see the blackbirds across the road in the ditch competing with one another while doing this; I always thought it was funny how they would try to outdo one another.

The bad thing about the blackbirds is that they are fierce protectors of their nests. Unlike another bird which might run away when you come near their nest, hoping to distract you, blackbirds will viciously dive-bomb you and peck you to try to scare you away. If you can figure out where their nest is and stay away from it, you probably won't get attacked.

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~Lee~ (Amateur ornithologist...)

Group Sales ATL '01
Group Sales TL '02
Park Admissions Supervisor '03
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"The greatest leaders don't take credit for their actions; they don't have to."

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a 12 guage mag load would solve the birdie problem, trouble is though, who wants redwinged blackbird puree for a "trophy". I wonder what bird shot would do to a seagull!

Why do you think I chose the screen name that I did, those seagulls are psycho. If you don't know my GTTP screen name then look above.
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Melissa
Magnum 00'
Pet Farm AATL 02'
Melslambs@hotmail.com

There was a nest on top of the Millennium Force photo building. We were attacked every morning on the way to work, it was not so much fun. But a candycane helps when your being attacked;)

There was also a Sea Gull that hung around our platform for a morning while we tested the trains, but as soon as the first train with guests on it went over the hop by the station, the little bird was hit.:( Didnt leave much to clean up though.

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Screamsters 2001
Millennium Force/Screamsters 2002
Rip Cord/Screamsters 2003

When I went to Santa Rosa Island for spring break last year I took my jetskis out into the bay to enjoy the national seashore (the nicest beaches on the planet by the way). I took some munchies to enjoy with the case of beer I had stuffed into the skis. We beached about 5 miles away from the boat ramp on an isolated beach. I got my corn chips out and a beer and guess who appeared? Seagulls out in the middle of no-where. I started feeding the gulls and there were at least 100 of the winged rats that magically apeared as if they had radio/coms. At one point I layed face down and prostrate on the sandy beach with corn chips on my back and around me.These nasty birds would land on my back, grab a corn chip and fly away. As well I was feeding them by putting a chip in my mouth and the birds would grab the chip sticking out of my mouth. My wife was rather annoyed at the prescence of dozens of the winged denizens of the beach. I also arranged a drunken parade of me leading about 50 seagulls in an erratic procession up and down the beach. I wished for my 20 guage at that moment in time! Death to seagulls, rats and squirrels!

I had an encounter with the aforementioned red-winged blackbird by Hats n' Such back in 2001. Apparently I was enjoying my ice cream at an unsafe distance because she was on my head for a good half second. I'm just glad that the whole thing didn't require a trip to the bathroom...

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Current Coaster Count: 89

I know about those white devils all to well , see i was also a victum of a attack ..Theese are relentless demon creations..hehe ..i was walking through kiddy kindom gettin ice 1day and i saw about 10-15feet ahead of me a baby bird , of course i knew to stay away from it cus i saw the momma so i simply was avoiding it and as soon as i got parrell from the baby the mom let out this evil ((SQUAWK)) and started coming twd me being short and chubbby i wasnt left much options other than to dunk and scream the damn bird peaked me on the head....To this day im petrafied of theese things , ask jenilee about our walks back from break and me cowering behind her cus there was alot of seagulls....hehehe

Jen

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Cedar Downs/Midway Carousel '01
Giant Wheel Triangle '02
~~Ur Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile~~ KIDDY KINDOM 2003...I ALWAYS KNEW I WAS ROYALTIY :)