Councilman Charles E. Steiger declared war on Brandon Park’s bird colony last night and peppered their meeting places with “shot” in unheralded “raid.”

Declaring the thousands of birds that make the park’s trees their home a “nuisance,” Mr. Steiger and two police officers swooped down on the park and fired away.

Councilman Steiger went to the park about 8 o’clock with two police officers, and used flares to chase all types of birds from the trees. The flares of the Roman candle type, are about 24 inches long, and 15 shots in each. The flares are shot into the trees to chase the birds.

The flares, Mr. Steiger reported, do not kill the birds, but frighten them to the extent that they won’t come back, he hopes.

Last night as the birds were being chased, they would go to other trees. Mr. Steiger and Patrolmen John F. Reiff and Raymond O. Kontz followed the flocks and then would send flares into the trees.

At 8:30 o’clock neither Mr. Steiger nor the patrolmen were able to find any more birds in the park. Both Councilman Steiger and police have received many reports of the nuisance in the park the birds have created.

About 20 such type flares were used in the chasing of the birds. Mr. Steiger said they have been used successfully in other cities.