Bird Phobia - Seeking destinations with few or no birds
Dec 28, 2017, 9:24 pm
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I’m not saying they haven’t, but I am saying that it’s still going to be easier to treat the phobia than to try to find a place with no birds. Theraphy for phobias is quite well-established and generally successful. Trying to avoid ever seeing a bird, short of staying indoors in windowless rooms 100% of the time, is going to be much harder.
Dec 28, 2017, 9:37 pm
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My sister in law has a bird phobia. I used to think that I had some major fears/phobias - and I do - but we manage them in completely different ways. I simply try to avoid the thing I fear. She literally freaks out. The difference is marked.
I can't think of a beach locale without a lot of birds, but perhaps an artificial beach might work better? (Like - something created indoors?) But as far as birds go, I'd think go inland in colder weather. I wish I could think of a better suggestion, but if the OP runs across one, I hope he shares.
I can't think of a beach locale without a lot of birds, but perhaps an artificial beach might work better? (Like - something created indoors?) But as far as birds go, I'd think go inland in colder weather. I wish I could think of a better suggestion, but if the OP runs across one, I hope he shares.
Dec 28, 2017, 9:58 pm
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Airports usually do a good job of shooing away birds on runways.
I dunno about near the gates.
Here's a hotel pool in Punta Cana.
I know this is a little odd for a destination, but it does check the boxes.
• Sun destination
• Pool
• Hopefully an active bird determent system
I dunno about near the gates.
Here's a hotel pool in Punta Cana.
I know this is a little odd for a destination, but it does check the boxes.
• Sun destination
• Pool
• Hopefully an active bird determent system
Dec 28, 2017, 10:07 pm
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I go to Las Vegas often, I can't remember seeing birds on the strip (where all the new casinos are).
I can understand having a fear of birds and sympathize. Even though I don't have a fear of birds, I was visiting someone in White Plains, NY recently, lots of birds were flying too close for comfort--I thought they were perhaps filming a sequel to Alfred Hitchcocks movie The Birds.
...I was slightly frightened.
I can understand having a fear of birds and sympathize. Even though I don't have a fear of birds, I was visiting someone in White Plains, NY recently, lots of birds were flying too close for comfort--I thought they were perhaps filming a sequel to Alfred Hitchcocks movie The Birds.
...I was slightly frightened.
Dec 29, 2017, 12:46 am
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How about an indoor water park resort?
I haven't been there, but I've read good things about https://www.tropical-islands.de/en/
Email and ask if they have birds.
I haven't been there, but I've read good things about https://www.tropical-islands.de/en/
Email and ask if they have birds.
Dec 29, 2017, 1:07 am
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Dec 29, 2017, 2:09 am
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Dec 29, 2017, 2:16 am
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Dec 29, 2017, 6:34 am
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Vegas pools mostly close for the winter. I think Caesar’s May be open all year but that’s about it. Has the OP considered renting a house in Florida with a covered pool area, most of them have screens around the pools so birds can’t get in.
Dec 29, 2017, 7:45 am
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A. Furnace Creek, CA
https://www.oasisatdeathvalley.com/l...-death-valley/
https://www.oasisatdeathvalley.com/l...-death-valley/
Dec 29, 2017, 8:29 am
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A. Furnace Creek, CA
https://www.oasisatdeathvalley.com/l...-death-valley/
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Dec 29, 2017, 8:32 am
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As it happens, Furnace Creek is a birding hotspot: https://www.nps.gov/deva/planyourvisit/birds.htm