@@donnabertyeah cool but my neighbors horses that have always lived in their fenced 20 acres have never once decimated my crop. But starlings have. Some “invasive” species are far worse in the damage they cause than others. I wouldn’t even consider horses “invasive”.
It's weird, here in east Texas I rarely see them until the late fall, then they flock up and make a ruckus for a few days, then poof they're gone til next year.
Being in the avian field for nearly 30yrs now. And having "hands on" experience with everything from Warblers to Birds of Prey. I can honestly say it's THE WORST thing that could have happened to our nation "bird wise" that is. These pests have caused so much destruction in terms of native species. Between them and House Sparrows i can't begin to account for all the damage i have witnessed them causing various Sparrow, Bluebird, and Purple Martin populations. It was THE WORST introduction of an invasive species. And now native populations are on the brink because of there destruction.
But, no evidence that poison helps native birds, there was no even scientific research of impact of poison on native fauna outside lab trial (trapping/shooting of individuals who occupy nest boxes for native species is only lethal way which sometimes help). Pro-poisoners spread more misinformation, than vegans/PETA.
Still 'evil' does not apply. The destructive behaviour even, if it was without intent and/or born of ignorance and lack of foresight, has been from the humans who introduced them. As for destruction and human-made avian problems look at what introduced rodents, cats, weasels etc have done to ground-nesting, flightless, endangered parrots in New Zealand, also domestic cats wherever they have access to suburban or rural outside spaces. Then there's those introductions that may be outside of avian population problems; rabbits in Australia, grey squirrels in U.K. These have all been born of human negligence, lack of awareness ecosystems and the fragility, or perhaps the instability, of populations through-out ecosystems. So much is out of our control and I suspect that even control efforts from deep-green environmental-fascists (let alone any garden-bench back-garden conservation efforts in which awareness reduces chances of these unintended introductions), 'evil' can never really be a descriptive for any animal, instead it applies to humans who are the root-cause of these problems and hopefully too their solutions.
Know the feeling Mate!! We've got your bloody Grey Squirrel. Man's descision to play God in the past has comeback to back to bite the planets eco-system in the arse worldwide. Andy U.K
@@FalconfromRF I have seen remote activated net traps used instead as a Starling swarm tends to hedge out other birds, there should be little bycatch with this method
they don’t. they place it haphazardly and hope it works. it kills many native birds as well, not just starlings. it hurts predators, too. when something eats a poisoned animal, that predator can get sick too.
The Starlings are indeed beautiful. The problem I have is that they built nests on the eaves of my home, we were feeling itchy and didn’t know why, until I called pest control and they removed three large nests, which cost us $600.00, then sprayed our home for another $400.00 to kill the parasites they brought in. Not to mention doctor visits and special shampoos we had to use on ourselves, so a very expensive lesson that these Starlings carry a large quantity of parasites, so it’s better to keep a distance from them. When they start flicking around our area, I plug in a speaker I bought on Amazon, with raptor calls on it. It seems to make a majority of them uncomfortable so they move on. They’re a few determined ones that stay to steal food from my mothers chickens, and she’s had to spend money buying agricultural lime from Tractor Supply and Sevin dust from Walmart, to mix and bathe her chickens from the head down. This treatment was recommended by the vet, and it’s effective. However, it pains me to see my elderly mother wearing a mask and gloves to go pick up her eggs or go near her chickens. That’s not the way it’s supposed to be. Just can’t keep sparrows, pigeons, and a lot of starlings, away from the chickens. The coop is completely enclosed with chicken wire, and Starlings will bend the wire with their beaks to get in! They also killed the Bluebirds we had nesting in our yard for many years. I am now shocked to see that Starlings will mate with sparrows and other bird breeds, too! The sparrows are so tiny, but it doesn’t stop them. Pest control said the Starlings can raise chicks 3 to 4 times a year, and 6-8 chicks at a time! Amazing and frightening - both, in my opinion!
@RattyJennMunson I had four different pest control companies come out. I'd ended up in the ER due to my red, painful rashes. As a caregiver for my ailing husband, i wanted the problem resolved. So, having the nests removed and the house fogged was definitely necessary. It was expensive, but I had thought these pretty birds were harmless. However, I learned the hard way they can cause trouble. I'm unfortunately allergic to the bites of the parasites they carry. I can never sit under a tree to enjoy its shade or own chickens of my own. The birds will come down and invade their coop to eat their food and build nests there. Of course, that spreads the parasites to any domestic flock. My mother has some, and as she sees the chickens start going nuts scratching, she has to treat them with a powder bath. Then, clean the coop and spread the same powder in all areas. I can't share my home with these parasites, so what choice do I have but to try to eradicate them. The four pest control companies that came all agreed, my older home had some areas that had needed repair, and due to my husband being ill, the home repairs fell by the wayside, and animals will take advantage of any entry points they can find to move in. I lost my husband, and now I'm trying to make repairs to avoid birds getting in again. However, if you believe all pest control companies have $$$ dancing in their heads, you're mistaken. We had a crisis, and they identified the problem. They haven't been to my home in years. I'm still dealing with birds though, as they keep returning to kill other songbirds that live in trees, and also to try to remove the aluminum patches that cover the holes in my eaves / or try to make new ones. I've literally seen them pry up asphalt shingles in a corner, hoping to get into my attic somehow. They're very intelligent. If you watch them, they don't bathe in the dust like other birds do. The dry dust smothers, dries out, and kills parasites. So that's why they have so many. The parasites love water, and Starlings will bathe in water. So they suffer with those parasites on them. I feel bad they suffer, but I don't want them bringing the parasites into my home. I don't need the ER visits, the antibiotics, and the pain. I hope you're immune to them, and they never harm you or your loved ones. If they do, unless you can spray your home yourself, the pest control company is going to be well worth their fee. God bless.
Yes, I do believe all wild birds have mites, lice and make a person 'itchy' and cause allergies. I just put food out for my crows, the starlings only eat in very late winter , what I put out, then they head to the bugs in the yard. Any bird nest can cause infestation of mite, I had to spray my house 2X by a professional some yrs. back due to cardinals nesting on a vine by a window. Either way, starlings can and do make a great pet bird if one rescues them, I have not heard of them interbreeding (only humans do that) , but a Christian lady told me years back, each species goes to it's 'own kind' it is how God designed it, except with some humans who go against God's grain I suppose, to each his/her own, but God did not design perversion & waywardness. Starlings have a beautiful song, and are actually Europeon song birds, and if one is quiet, and you hear them all happy they sing amazingly, but this is when they are in trees, and no one is bothering them, they are terrorized by humans, thus we all know humans are predators, their eyes set in the front of their heads as a 'predator' , I have rescued many starlings, may they live on.
I saw these things in Florida over a decade ago swarming people getting out of their cars at gas stations. I thought "fuck this place. Rabid birds, alligators, and grass that hurts to walk on". Now all of a sudden this year I'm seeing those things everywhere where i live and I'm not happy about it.
Starling are not invasive here in France. Quite at the contrary, I appreciate the few of them who gather in my garden from time to time, especially in the fall, when they come to feed on the fruits of the vine covering our old farmhouse. Their singing can be great (they can even be trained to mimic human voice very well). I wonder what keeps them in check in Europe, that does not in NA?
@@atis9061 Oh, that's very clear! I lived in the US of A for several years... so, I happen to know the difference! But you haven't answered my question, or have you?
@@st-ex8506 you have to research it yourself. BUT STARLINGS ARE INVASIVE IN THE US. many consider them ‘evil birds’. I don’t. They are just acting according to their nature.
I hate these birds. They killed off all my generations of wild robins who called the trees in my yard home for over fifteen years. I watched the robins during nesting seasons try to fend them off. It was a vicious attack by starlings and the Robins were so upset and I was seeing fighting in mid air. The next year most of the robins were gone. Makes me mad this guy introduced these birds. They are awful!
This is so 😂dramatized.rm❤s, cricket❤s mainly bugs.❤starling are bug eaters. Mainly . Geese etc also get into the engine❤s etc. It❤s a tragedy for any bird to die from that traget. You are destroying their reputation. They are smart and make a great pet in fact they talk. I love them. I 😂feed my starling wo
They are beautiful smart birds that can talk better than the parrots, babies also cute and shy and cuddly like kittens, I saved a baby starling recently, really feel terrible that they get poisoned and called pests, and people in comments bragging about killing the birds without remorse would probably kill anything and anyone just as easily.
Killing a bird to save other birds? Apparently you haven't watched the video, and If that doesn't persuade you, then I believe you're a genuine problem, and you don't value life as much as you claim to.
@@FriggitsXx anyway, killing by method, which kills other birds, too, is not a good idea. Starlicide kills also bluejays, rusty blackbirds and flickers. So, it surely will not save other birds from starlings.
@@FalconfromRF well...right... as the video mentions. Using these chemicals backfires almost if not entirely like DDT in terms of splash damage towards non-targeted animals. Shooting starlings is the most harmless way that prevents this from happening.
They are beautiful and smart birds until the decide to destroy your houses soffit to make it a nest which happens to be above your AC unit. We should send all 200 million to your neighborhood since you like them soo much.. You'd be the type of person to decry wild hog hunting on a mass scale becas theyre just animals without seeing the millions of dollars the cause in damages and the many deaths they cause native animals. If you go that far may as well invite all illegal immigrants to the country and have a sob story when the leeches are draining finances and housing from native people.
Wrong. People in many countries have intentionally or inadvertently caused the extinction of many, many bird species. For example, the Chinese killed off the sparrow population in China during the Cultural Revolution as sparrows were thought to eat crops. This was done without chemicals, pesticides, or physical traps. Instead, people just kept clapping and banging drums around the sparrows until they all died from exhaustion as they were unable to land and rest.
pretty sure I wasn't talking about extinction. The australians weren't trying to kill every emu. They were trying to limit their population to manageable levels. You're conflating that with extinction and I'm not sure why.
As far as the Australians are concerned - you can't win a war against a bird species by limiting their numbers. That's not war, that's conservation. If the Australians wanted to, they could have won the war against emu's by eating them all to extinction. Man is really, really good at doing that to every other animal on Earth and could easily do that to the birds in this video (some of them taste better than chicken apparently).
Starlicide (known as F-1) had been used in Hungary to control rooks, hooded crows, magpies. Rook became so rare, that was added to red list, same fate awaited red-footed falcon. Despite poison considered harmless for raptors, it affected them indirectly: falcons rely on corvids, because they can't build their own nest. After this, in Hungary poison was banned and this finished it's trials in Europe. Who knows, what really happens to native species in US, when starlings are poisoned (indirect effects had never been studied and are hard to detect for any pesticides until it becomes too late), remember, that starlings are important food source for raptors.
Exactly, the same people bitching about starlings killing their precious bluebirds are probably ultimately doing far more harm to native birds than the starlings.
I know, it sucks. They're supposedly really intelligent, too. It's easy to villainize them because of the destruction they bring, but it's really not their fault. And thanks for the feedback!
@@21stCenturyNature in my country it's illegal to use chemical bird control, it's said, that it causes intensive insect damage and pollutes soil. We have problems with agricultural bird damage, but shooting is last resort
These little birds make wonderful pets, which the pet stores could implement them as 'PETS' and everyone can stop calling them PESTS , they do eat a lot of invasive bugs, make wonderful pets, if hand-fed, I have one who got out (a rescue) he even flew to me and landed on my arm, if you find babies there are people who often adopt them as pets but make sure they are not just 'killing' them if you adopt them out.
Exactly. They also saved farmer's crops from locust infestation. People always focus on their bad traits.. I found my bird Munson when he was about two days old. He's the light of my life and rules the house!
Starlicide kills non target birds. Use of starlicide also increase use of insecticides and their impact, this may be is more important reason of native bird decline
Starlicide, as most poisons do, contaminate the whole food-web and accumulates in predators. Falconry is a far less problematic-in-the short/long-term. Out of interest in environmental geography, would you mind giving me a best-estimate of how much territory area Sparrow-Hawks require and how many birds catches/kills they make over the course of a year? 🤔
Lots and lots of americans love starlings. Me included. The information in this video isn't even correct and it is posted by some grumpus who needs to get a life. I love house sparrows as well. I love their song and they are so pretty. Humans cause way more damage than starlings or house sparrows.
First of all, thanks for watching. Now, as to your question, That’s like asking, “how do boats crash into each other when they’re in the middle of the ocean?” I agree that it’s surprising that these instances are so common, given how much open space aircraft and birds have to fly in, but it’s surprisingly more common than you’d expect. Also, many birds fly in flocks, which can seem “big and obvious” to humans, so the same question could be asked as to why is it so hard for pilots to avoid birds. I have included a fascinating article that can answer your question better than I can at the bottom of this comment. Hope this helped answer your question! airportlifestyle.com/bird-strikes/
Umm im guessing because it might be a little difficult to dodge something that’s moving between 400mph-650mph 😂😂😂. I mean why have humans not figured out how to avoid getting hit by a car going 25mph?
I have a pet starling that i rescued at 1 day old. She is the most intelligent bird! She even talks. Starlings are not pests. They are birds, just like any bird they are doing what they need to do to survive. Its not their fault they were brought over here.
I noticed whenever I walk to the gym and a reach a house where a starling bird hangs out around it, he gets aggressive towards me and try to attack me!! 😢😢 It's almost like he doesn't want anyone to walk around him!
The Repeating Elevator Trap is the best device to use to catch European House Sparrows. I've had 17 in the trap at one time! Ive caught a few Starlings in it. Maybe a Larger trap could be made to catch the Starling.
It’s weird as In Europe it’s completely the other way around, the Starling is seen as high class cuisine among the French and Spanish and yearly trap these birds to eat them which is done in really cruel ways but the population in the UK has been slowly dwindling
The fact that sterlings are so destructive is unfortunate. I truly feel bad for everyone who lost a loved one in the plane crashes and for all of the farmers losing crops and feed, but that does not make sterlings evil. Like us, they're just birds doing what God created them to do, SURVIVE.
Starlings eat the bugs that ruin gardens as well as mosquitoes and flies. Some farmers especially organic put up nesting boxes to encourage their presence and protection of their gardens and crops.
Starlings make great pets! They are highly intelligent and they can talk better than any parrot I've ever heard. It's not their fault they were brought over here from Europe. They are just doing what they need to survive.
2:42 while I understand why they are problematic, and agree, I wouldn't say hating them is fair. I'm raising one that we found at a young age and they make amazing pets, the issue is more that we need to reduce the mass population (which I'd call unfortunate as they are living creatures). I don't blame the birds for being birds. If our ancestors caused this problem, then it is the job of us to find ways to manage, relocate, or remove the populations and our government is doing nothing to fund these efforts. As a rescue person, I would never blame my little Twig for being a starling. It is a human fault and error of action that needs funded to deal with. Call upon local government, find ways to manage the problems they cause.
The native birds where I live sing like they are whistling and in a beautiful song. In comparison, starlings are ugly birds that scream at each other all day. They arrive in big flocks and scare the local birds away. They ravage your gardens in huge numbers, leaving damage to food crops. The unquestionable definition of "invasive species."
I know, but, i'm still against poisoning. There were many cases of negative impacts of pesticide use all over world, despite it was done with good inventions. And, Starlicide also kills native birds, including Flickers. Europe entirely banned Starlicide (even as a method of invasive bird control), because it's use in Hungary for corvid control had caused problems for other species.
I remember that story of birds falling from the sky everywhere. I never knew it was because they were poisoned. I do not agree with that at all, and the other birds get into the poison too. These birds love cat food kibble by the way. Them and blue jays and ravens. I watched a vid the other day that the starling is nearly becoming endangered in Europe. 90% of the population is gone. So why not catch these birds and start sending them back?
@@CHOPMOP10 seem like poisoning doesn't cause state-wide reduction, it can only remove 50% of flock in given location of best. But, as starlings are migratory, dead birds can be easily replaced with birds from other locations. And, there are risks for other birds, there were cases of deaths of flickers and blue jays from Starlicide. Believed do not cause secondary poisoning, but, owls are exception. If bird is more rare, than starling, even death of one individual can make a sence and contribute to species's decline.
The problem i have here is when *we* only hear one side or think one thing is to blame for all of nature's problems. 1. All bird species, including starlings, are on the decline due to climate control, pesticides, and ignorance. 2. Cats, although I adore them, are also "not native species to North America kill many birds every year. 3. Starlings are no more *pest*, then are seagulls, crows, and / or ravens. 4. It is not their fault that they were introduced to this country. 5. If you don't want a certain species of birds in your backyard, have food in your feeders that they don't like. 6. There are more educated and human ways of having starlings more on to a more friendly environment such as playing distressed calls. Starlings are highly educated birds. Let's not allow ignorance to cause another species to become extinct.
@@SadEyes1412 i had watched, and i was surprised, what they suggest to poison starlings. Poisoning kills other birds, including flickers, so, it can't benefit native birds. I had read papers of poisoners (of course, ones, which are in open access), in one they mention flicker amongst dead non-targets.
You forgot that they are an invasive in North America for a reason. They are actively endangering some native bird populations, for example the purple martin and any cavity nester.
I am a farmer and we have a bad starling problem here at our dairy and Pennsylvania Dept of Ag fed them some treats this past winter to get them their last meal for $1700
This might be unpopular opinion, but we are all species of this world, it’s their planet just as it’s ours. Yes they are destructive, but so are we, humans cause pollution, wars, poaching and much more! And all of that has effected many other species and even caused many to go extinct. Not to mention they are highly intelligent and very beautiful. It’s not by any means their fault, their existence and their activities are part of nature, and nature is perfect the way it is. Other species deal with human destruction, we should be able to deal with theirs .
@@mgcgrozit because you’re human, and humans naturally will think blue birds look better than starlings, but to nature, they are both equally living birds.
@@SuperbiainProelioCitizen Starlings and house sparrows steal nesting sites of native birds. I can understand how people may enjoy them. But I also enjoy the native species here. We as homo sapiens should be conscious about the species we bring with us. Japanese beetles are a major pest here in North America and despite being a good looking green iradescent beetle, they destroy our crops and have no natural predators here. So should we allow invasive species to threaten us and native species?
I got one as a pet, he is cool. Found it in my yard one day. Wasnt sure what type of bird it was after about 4 weeks it was clear what it was. So i kept him as a pet. He talks also likes cuddles. So its whatever. Get mad at me dont care.
Regarding Murmurations causing plane crashes, you have a better chance of a Shoe Bomber causing a downed plane! lol Starlings are smarter than that. Sorry.
People in my state (Ct) started putting up bluebird houses and evicting any starlings or house sparrows from them 40 or so years ago. Now the bluebird and native cavity nesters are back in good numbers. I feed the birds until summer and noticed no starlings or house sparrows at all the last several years. I'm hoping this was due to our efforts to bring the bluebird back.
Yup I’ve been picking them off with my BB gun! They boss around all the other birds! An it pisses me off cause I love sparrows, Robins, blue birds, red backed wood peckers, soo imma start hitting them with full force..
@@sapitos4 I do a little bit... but only if it's justifiable.. like annoying Stearlings I shoot them on the spot... they wreak my yard. An screw with other birds I care about.
@@nanjemoymaryland873 poison do more harm, than good, that's why no bird poison is legal in Russia, Germany and East Europe, really no any avicides registered for use in these countries.
@@SadEyes1412 ones who poison starlings certainly are, because, it's really impossible to avoid collateral damage. For rare species even death of one individual makes a sence.
You want Starlicide to be as easily available as rodenticides are? Imagine a very high collateral damage. Even use by trained personal sometimes kills non-target birds. So, if everyone who don't want to see unwanted birds on his land will be able to buy and use this stuff, bad news for all wildlife will come.
Starling tried to take over my blue bird houses. I made a noise with fishing line. The next day one was hanging. I let it all day. That is the last time starling tried to take over my boxes. English sparrows get the same treatment in my yard.
@@sapitos4 Invasive animals yes 100% I kill as many as possible. Squirrels, rats, pigeons, STARLINGS (bc they damage the ecosystem the most) bores, etc. You can make me out to be a monster but there is a reason the state of NY allows this. Bc they (and myself) are clearly more educated than you about the damage being done.
These need to be controlled by safe means and are easily trapped using human food and pet foods in cage traps. If a bounty was placed on them, I could make a nice supplemental income on it! Not to mention reducing the ecological and financial losses they cause. I make birdhouses and put them up for the declining native birds, and battle the starling, plus the house sparrow.
every winter im at war with these birds.. from my chimney to gutters they love chimney shoots here in texas ....after the hellish summer heat and fall comes they invade homes, sheds, barns,, wherever they can to nest up for winter...YES they are destructive ,,YES they are violent and fight over mates..,...if u let them occupy your home with nest shame on u they chirp loud and fight you will hear them rumbling in your chimney these birds are not pleasent......ive spent hundreds on fully automatic air rifles and pump bb guns because of this particular bird i win the battles but the war far from over
I throw a bag of starlings in the walmart trash cans on my way to work 2 to 3 times a week. Mostly .20 R7 & .22 HW95. Shooting them as I sit here grilling steak and typing.
I kill these flying rats by the dozen in my yard every spring. When they finally leave my yard all of the songbirds come back. Just took out four fledglings this morning.
Thanks to Shakespeare we have the worst invasive species in history
LOL. Horses are an invasive species you know....
@@donnabertyeah cool but my neighbors horses that have always lived in their fenced 20 acres have never once decimated my crop. But starlings have. Some “invasive” species are far worse in the damage they cause than others. I wouldn’t even consider horses “invasive”.
@@donnabert Horses actually originated from North America originally but got separated when Pangea separated into multiple continents. Look it up.
@@glossygloss472that's actually interesting
@@glossygloss472Yes, we know that story , but you miss the point.
It's weird, here in east Texas I rarely see them until the late fall, then they flock up and make a ruckus for a few days, then poof they're gone til next year.
The starlings are fast food addicts here in Scotland now. They live in city center train station and hang about outside all the fast food joints.
Foxes have holes, birds have nests, but nowhere will man's greed give them rest.
So, because it rhymes it doesn't have to make sense?🤨
@@hypnicjerk7696 Makes sense to me. Ton of ecosystems destroyed for our purposes.
Not in this case though, these birds are definitely an issue.
My starling is my best friend. She poops on me and pecks at my face.
Mine too!
Being in the avian field for nearly 30yrs now. And having "hands on" experience with everything from Warblers to Birds of Prey. I can honestly say it's THE WORST thing that could have happened to our nation "bird wise" that is. These pests have caused so much destruction in terms of native species. Between them and House Sparrows i can't begin to account for all the damage i have witnessed them causing various Sparrow, Bluebird, and Purple Martin populations. It was THE WORST introduction of an invasive species. And now native populations are on the brink because of there destruction.
But, no evidence that poison helps native birds, there was no even scientific research of impact of poison on native fauna outside lab trial (trapping/shooting of individuals who occupy nest boxes for native species is only lethal way which sometimes help).
Pro-poisoners spread more misinformation, than vegans/PETA.
Still 'evil' does not apply. The destructive behaviour even, if it was without intent and/or born of ignorance and lack of foresight, has been from the humans who introduced them. As for destruction and human-made avian problems look at what introduced rodents, cats, weasels etc have done to ground-nesting, flightless, endangered parrots in New Zealand, also domestic cats wherever they have access to suburban or rural outside spaces. Then there's those introductions that may be outside of avian population problems; rabbits in Australia, grey squirrels in U.K. These have all been born of human negligence, lack of awareness ecosystems and the fragility, or perhaps the instability, of populations through-out ecosystems. So much is out of our control and I suspect that even control efforts from deep-green environmental-fascists (let alone any garden-bench back-garden conservation efforts in which awareness reduces chances of these unintended introductions), 'evil' can never really be a descriptive for any animal, instead it applies to humans who are the root-cause of these problems and hopefully too their solutions.
Know the feeling Mate!! We've got your bloody Grey Squirrel. Man's descision to play God in the past has comeback to back to bite the planets eco-system in the arse worldwide. Andy U.K
I used to get rid of these nasty birds whenever possible, and the House Sparrow.
Exactly this! What a killing bully...this bird will eradicate all native species...Sadly, they would have arrived sooner or later..
So curious how do they ensure they only poison the starling?
They don't, poison kills many other birds, including flickers
@@FalconfromRF I have seen remote activated net traps used instead as a Starling swarm tends to hedge out other birds, there should be little bycatch with this method
they don’t. they place it haphazardly and hope it works. it kills many native birds as well, not just starlings. it hurts predators, too. when something eats a poisoned animal, that predator can get sick too.
That is just wrong and should be illegal
The Starlings are indeed beautiful. The problem I have is that they built nests on the eaves of my home, we were feeling itchy and didn’t know why, until I called pest control and they removed three large nests, which cost us $600.00, then sprayed our home for another $400.00 to kill the parasites they brought in. Not to mention doctor visits and special shampoos we had to use on ourselves, so a very expensive lesson that these Starlings carry a large quantity of parasites, so it’s better to keep a distance from them. When they start flicking around our area, I plug in a speaker I bought on Amazon, with raptor calls on it. It seems to make a majority of them uncomfortable so they move on. They’re a few determined ones that stay to steal food from my mothers chickens, and she’s had to spend money buying agricultural lime from Tractor Supply and Sevin dust from Walmart, to mix and bathe her chickens from the head down. This treatment was recommended by the vet, and it’s effective. However, it pains me to see my elderly mother wearing a mask and gloves to go pick up her eggs or go near her chickens. That’s not the way it’s supposed to be. Just can’t keep sparrows, pigeons, and a lot of starlings, away from the chickens. The coop is completely enclosed with chicken wire, and Starlings will bend the wire with their beaks to get in! They also killed the Bluebirds we had nesting in our yard for many years. I am now shocked to see that Starlings will mate with sparrows and other bird breeds, too! The sparrows are so tiny, but it doesn’t stop them. Pest control said the Starlings can raise chicks 3 to 4 times a year, and 6-8 chicks at a time! Amazing and frightening - both, in my opinion!
This applies to all birds actually.
I think you got played by the Orkin man who saw $$
@RattyJennMunson I had four different pest control companies come out. I'd ended up in the ER due to my red, painful rashes. As a caregiver for my ailing husband, i wanted the problem resolved. So, having the nests removed and the house fogged was definitely necessary. It was expensive, but I had thought these pretty birds were harmless. However, I learned the hard way they can cause trouble. I'm unfortunately allergic to the bites of the parasites they carry. I can never sit under a tree to enjoy its shade or own chickens of my own. The birds will come down and invade their coop to eat their food and build nests there. Of course, that spreads the parasites to any domestic flock. My mother has some, and as she sees the chickens start going nuts scratching, she has to treat them with a powder bath. Then, clean the coop and spread the same powder in all areas. I can't share my home with these parasites, so what choice do I have but to try to eradicate them. The four pest control companies that came all agreed, my older home had some areas that had needed repair, and due to my husband being ill, the home repairs fell by the wayside, and animals will take advantage of any entry points they can find to move in. I lost my husband, and now I'm trying to make repairs to avoid birds getting in again. However, if you believe all pest control companies have $$$ dancing in their heads, you're mistaken. We had a crisis, and they identified the problem. They haven't been to my home in years. I'm still dealing with birds though, as they keep returning to kill other songbirds that live in trees, and also to try to remove the aluminum patches that cover the holes in my eaves / or try to make new ones. I've literally seen them pry up asphalt shingles in a corner, hoping to get into my attic somehow. They're very intelligent. If you watch them, they don't bathe in the dust like other birds do. The dry dust smothers, dries out, and kills parasites. So that's why they have so many. The parasites love water, and Starlings will bathe in water. So they suffer with those parasites on them. I feel bad they suffer, but I don't want them bringing the parasites into my home. I don't need the ER visits, the antibiotics, and the pain. I hope you're immune to them, and they never harm you or your loved ones. If they do, unless you can spray your home yourself, the pest control company is going to be well worth their fee. God bless.
Yes, I do believe all wild birds have mites, lice and make a person 'itchy' and cause allergies. I just put food out for my crows, the starlings only eat in very late winter , what I put out, then they head to the bugs in the yard. Any bird nest can cause infestation of mite, I had to spray my house 2X by a professional some yrs. back due to cardinals nesting on a vine by a window. Either way, starlings can and do make a great pet bird if one rescues them, I have not heard of them interbreeding (only humans do that) , but a Christian lady told me years back, each species goes to it's 'own kind' it is how God designed it, except with some humans who go against God's grain I suppose, to each his/her own, but God did not design perversion & waywardness. Starlings have a beautiful song, and are actually Europeon song birds, and if one is quiet, and you hear them all happy they sing amazingly, but this is when they are in trees, and no one is bothering them, they are terrorized by humans, thus we all know humans are predators, their eyes set in the front of their heads as a 'predator' , I have rescued many starlings, may they live on.
I saw these things in Florida over a decade ago swarming people getting out of their cars at gas stations. I thought "fuck this place. Rabid birds, alligators, and grass that hurts to walk on". Now all of a sudden this year I'm seeing those things everywhere where i live and I'm not happy about it.
Starling are not invasive here in France. Quite at the contrary, I appreciate the few of them who gather in my garden from time to time, especially in the fall, when they come to feed on the fruits of the vine covering our old farmhouse. Their singing can be great (they can even be trained to mimic human voice very well).
I wonder what keeps them in check in Europe, that does not in NA?
nothing keeps them in check, they are invasive for a reason
Europe doesnt have as huge grain and crop fields like we do here.
You are in Europe. We are in North America. Is that clear to you?
@@atis9061 Oh, that's very clear! I lived in the US of A for several years... so, I happen to know the difference!
But you haven't answered my question, or have you?
@@st-ex8506 you have to research it yourself. BUT STARLINGS ARE INVASIVE IN THE US. many consider them ‘evil birds’. I don’t. They are just acting according to their nature.
Wow! 🖤 Starlings are even more bad ass than I already knew. Hardcore birds!🤘
Starlings have single-handedly lowered the price of vegetables by their voracious predation on insects. Educate yoursrelf.
2:12 That is an eagle. Most definitely not a starling.
No wild animal is evil. They are just doing what they need to survive, it isn't their fault they are here. Humans on the other hand...
People are evil 😈 everything He created has a purpose on earth
I hate these birds. They killed off all my generations of wild robins who called the trees in my yard home for over fifteen years. I watched the robins during nesting seasons try to fend them off. It was a vicious attack by starlings and the Robins were so upset and I was seeing fighting in mid air. The next year most of the robins were gone. Makes me mad this guy introduced these birds. They are awful!
Can I ask where this happened?
@@Elephant_Juice74 south-eastern Virginia.
This is so 😂dramatized.rm❤s, cricket❤s mainly bugs.❤starling are bug eaters. Mainly . Geese etc also get into the engine❤s etc. It❤s a tragedy for any bird to die from that traget. You are destroying their reputation. They are smart and make a great pet in fact they talk. I love them. I 😂feed my starling wo
I just rescued a starling here in Brooklyn. I can't complain. It's so intelligent and social.
Lol apparently I did already... or it had a congenital disorder (pretty common). It's dead now - buried in prospect park.@@blueberrypitbull87
@@blueberrypitbull87 LMaooooo
Starling murminations are a wonder of nature.
You are delusional.
@@blueberrypitbull87not. Starlings are cool
They are beautiful smart birds that can talk better than the parrots, babies also cute and shy and cuddly like kittens, I saved a baby starling recently, really feel terrible that they get poisoned and called pests, and people in comments bragging about killing the birds without remorse would probably kill anything and anyone just as easily.
Killing a bird to save other birds? Apparently you haven't watched the video, and If that doesn't persuade you, then I believe you're a genuine problem, and you don't value life as much as you claim to.
@@FriggitsXx anyway, killing by method, which kills other birds, too, is not a good idea.
Starlicide kills also bluejays, rusty blackbirds and flickers.
So, it surely will not save other birds from starlings.
@@FalconfromRF well...right... as the video mentions. Using these chemicals backfires almost if not entirely like DDT in terms of splash damage towards non-targeted animals.
Shooting starlings is the most harmless way that prevents this from happening.
They are beautiful and smart birds until the decide to destroy your houses soffit to make it a nest which happens to be above your AC unit. We should send all 200 million to your neighborhood since you like them soo much..
You'd be the type of person to decry wild hog hunting on a mass scale becas theyre just animals without seeing the millions of dollars the cause in damages and the many deaths they cause native animals.
If you go that far may as well invite all illegal immigrants to the country and have a sob story when the leeches are draining finances and housing from native people.
@@Mixwell1983 comparing migrating birds to illegal aliens clearly tells me that you are in need of a hug or a psychiatrist or both
Im sorry but you cannot win a war against birds. The Australians tried that and lost miserably.
Wrong. People in many countries have intentionally or inadvertently caused the extinction of many, many bird species. For example, the Chinese killed off the sparrow population in China during the Cultural Revolution as sparrows were thought to eat crops. This was done without chemicals, pesticides, or physical traps. Instead, people just kept clapping and banging drums around the sparrows until they all died from exhaustion as they were unable to land and rest.
pretty sure I wasn't talking about extinction. The australians weren't trying to kill every emu. They were trying to limit their population to manageable levels. You're conflating that with extinction and I'm not sure why.
As far as the Australians are concerned - you can't win a war against a bird species by limiting their numbers. That's not war, that's conservation. If the Australians wanted to, they could have won the war against emu's by eating them all to extinction. Man is really, really good at doing that to every other animal on Earth and could easily do that to the birds in this video (some of them taste better than chicken apparently).
I have one that sounds like a cat.
It could be a catbird depending on what part of the country you live in.
You got our starlings and sparrows, and we got your grey squirrels and crayfish. Fair swap I'd say. Uk
Starlicide (known as F-1) had been used in Hungary to control rooks, hooded crows, magpies.
Rook became so rare, that was added to red list, same fate awaited red-footed falcon.
Despite poison considered harmless for raptors, it affected them indirectly: falcons rely on corvids, because they can't build their own nest.
After this, in Hungary poison was banned and this finished it's trials in Europe.
Who knows, what really happens to native species in US, when starlings are poisoned (indirect effects had never been studied and are hard to detect for any pesticides until it becomes too late), remember, that starlings are important food source for raptors.
Exactly, the same people bitching about starlings killing their precious bluebirds are probably ultimately doing far more harm to native birds than the starlings.
A damn shame. It is a beautiful bird. I guess that's life.. edifying video though.
I know, it sucks. They're supposedly really intelligent, too. It's easy to villainize them because of the destruction they bring, but it's really not their fault.
And thanks for the feedback!
@@21stCenturyNature in my country it's illegal to use chemical bird control, it's said, that it causes intensive insect damage and pollutes soil.
We have problems with agricultural bird damage, but shooting is last resort
Gosh i don't know. They are so pretty.
Starling are hard workers for farmers and gardeners.
Humans eat a helluva lot more then starlings, end welfare benefits , food stamps and medicaid, humans are invasive to Native America...
These little birds make wonderful pets, which the pet stores could implement them as 'PETS' and everyone can stop calling them PESTS , they do eat a lot of invasive bugs, make wonderful pets, if hand-fed, I have one who got out (a rescue) he even flew to me and landed on my arm, if you find babies there are people who often adopt them as pets but make sure they are not just 'killing' them if you adopt them out.
Exactly. They also saved farmer's crops from locust infestation.
People always focus on their bad traits..
I found my bird Munson when he was about two days old. He's the light of my life and rules the house!
@@TemuMuuMuu nice to know thanks for posting
They make wonderful pets, so there's that. They can mimic any sound they hear including human voices.
Creepy.
They need to be dead.
dude they carry parasites WTF
@@CHOPMOP10 so do you
Ok tree hugger.
Starlicide kills non target birds.
Use of starlicide also increase use of insecticides and their impact, this may be is more important reason of native bird decline
Starlicide, as most poisons do, contaminate the whole food-web and accumulates in predators. Falconry is a far less problematic-in-the short/long-term. Out of interest in environmental geography, would you mind giving me a best-estimate of how much territory area Sparrow-Hawks require and how many birds catches/kills they make over the course of a year? 🤔
In my garden in the UK I love the starlings and house sparrows on my bird feeders.
Lots and lots of americans love starlings. Me included. The information in this video isn't even correct and it is posted by some grumpus who needs to get a life. I love house sparrows as well. I love their song and they are so pretty. Humans cause way more damage than starlings or house sparrows.
😂😂😂😂
Ask a farmer if they feel the same way!!!!
i bet you love mosquitos and bed bugs too.
Ways of control are more destructive (starlicide). Everyone who respect ecosystem is against avicide.
Even shooting and trapping must be last resort
funny how the starlings are deemed invasive, while the cattle whose food they’re eating …🤔
Apples and oranges… can’t eat starlings.
Damn you, Eugene!
why is it so hard for birds to avoid aircrafts considering that aircrafts are often big and obvious?
First of all, thanks for watching. Now, as to your question, That’s like asking, “how do boats crash into each other when they’re in the middle of the ocean?”
I agree that it’s surprising that these instances are so common, given how much open space aircraft and birds have to fly in, but it’s surprisingly more common than you’d expect. Also, many birds fly in flocks, which can seem “big and obvious” to humans, so the same question could be asked as to why is it so hard for pilots to avoid birds. I have included a fascinating article that can answer your question better than I can at the bottom of this comment. Hope this helped answer your question!
airportlifestyle.com/bird-strikes/
LOL
Umm im guessing because it might be a little difficult to dodge something that’s moving between 400mph-650mph 😂😂😂. I mean why have humans not figured out how to avoid getting hit by a car going 25mph?
I have a pet starling that i rescued at 1 day old. She is the most intelligent bird! She even talks. Starlings are not pests. They are birds, just like any bird they are doing what they need to do to survive. Its not their fault they were brought over here.
You are not thinking of other birds. They are monsters when invading smaller birds nests and killing them.
I noticed whenever I walk to the gym and a reach a house where a starling bird hangs out around it, he gets aggressive towards me and try to attack me!! 😢😢 It's almost like he doesn't want anyone to walk around him!
They ought to be called Schieffelin's Pest.
I've been told they even talk. Is that right? Do they mimic humans?
Yes but don’t kill them
Yes, mine has a big vocabulary and seems to understand concepts.
No they were put here for a reason and it wasnt to die.
Wish they bring back the us chestnut trees
Instead of killing starlings chemical corporation must develop effective fungicide
Just wait till you see what lanternflies can doo
Silencer on the airgun for every starling and your neighbors won't know
What on earth would a silencer do on a BB gun? Nothing
@Dustin Young my pellet gun has a silencer it's pretty quiet. some pellet guns are pretty loud if there .22
I just bought a ronin silencer for my pcp airgun
Sicko.
The Repeating Elevator Trap is the best device to use to catch European House Sparrows. I've had 17 in the trap at one time! Ive caught a few Starlings in it. Maybe a Larger trap could be made to catch the Starling.
So not as bad as humans got it 😂
Without colonizers taking things from their native land there'd be a lot of questions we wouldn't have to ask...go figure.
It’s weird as In Europe it’s completely the other way around, the Starling is seen as high class cuisine among the French and Spanish and yearly trap these birds to eat them which is done in really cruel ways but the population in the UK has been slowly dwindling
May be antrachinone (compound, making substance taste disgusting for birds) should be added to all chlorotoluidines, sold for industrial uses.
The fact that sterlings are so destructive is unfortunate. I truly feel bad for everyone who lost a loved one in the plane crashes and for all of the farmers losing crops and feed, but that does not make sterlings evil. Like us, they're just birds doing what God created them to do, SURVIVE.
Hallelujah amen!
its the man's fault not the birds fault
They're practically naturalized at this point.
The thought process behind bringing those birds is.....Moronic
I blast every starling i see! They steal our chickens feed..regularly!!! So I do my best to help thin the pests
Starlings eat the bugs that ruin gardens as well as mosquitoes and flies. Some farmers especially organic put up nesting boxes to encourage their presence and protection of their gardens and crops.
@@Cute-Repute They’ve gotten lazy……..
In your next life I what you'll be???
@@karmajangchup No……
Starlings make great pets! They are highly intelligent and they can talk better than any parrot I've ever heard. It's not their fault they were brought over here from Europe. They are just doing what they need to survive.
2:42 while I understand why they are problematic, and agree, I wouldn't say hating them is fair. I'm raising one that we found at a young age and they make amazing pets, the issue is more that we need to reduce the mass population (which I'd call unfortunate as they are living creatures). I don't blame the birds for being birds. If our ancestors caused this problem, then it is the job of us to find ways to manage, relocate, or remove the populations and our government is doing nothing to fund these efforts. As a rescue person, I would never blame my little Twig for being a starling. It is a human fault and error of action that needs funded to deal with. Call upon local government, find ways to manage the problems they cause.
The native birds where I live sing like they are whistling and in a beautiful song. In comparison, starlings are ugly birds that scream at each other all day. They arrive in big flocks and scare the local birds away. They ravage your gardens in huge numbers, leaving damage to food crops. The unquestionable definition of "invasive species."
I know, but, i'm still against poisoning.
There were many cases of negative impacts of pesticide use all over world, despite it was done with good inventions.
And, Starlicide also kills native birds, including Flickers.
Europe entirely banned Starlicide (even as a method of invasive bird control), because it's use in Hungary for corvid control had caused problems for other species.
The concentration on Starlings for airlane strikes is disengenous.
Big egos can build entire space fleets, but cannot design some sort of screens to keep starlings out of jet engines 🤨⁉️ ... I just dunno anymore.
Ok bright spark. That screen would also keep the air out. You know the thing that makes the plane fly.
I'll take the birds over people everyday thanks
Put them as a delicatessen and you solve the problem .
I remember that story of birds falling from the sky everywhere. I never knew it was because they were poisoned. I do not agree with that at all, and the other birds get into the poison too. These birds love cat food kibble by the way. Them and blue jays and ravens. I watched a vid the other day that the starling is nearly becoming endangered in Europe. 90% of the population is gone. So why not catch these birds and start sending them back?
wow endangered there and here in u.s we are saturated with them ..some states so heavy with them they blot out the sun
@@CHOPMOP10 seem like poisoning doesn't cause state-wide reduction, it can only remove 50% of flock in given location of best.
But, as starlings are migratory, dead birds can be easily replaced with birds from other locations.
And, there are risks for other birds, there were cases of deaths of flickers and blue jays from Starlicide. Believed do not cause secondary poisoning, but, owls are exception.
If bird is more rare, than starling, even death of one individual can make a sence and contribute to species's decline.
Cuz it's cruel to stick the postage stamps to their feathers.
Its a pretty bird with unfortunate behavior
The problem i have here is when *we* only hear one side or think one thing is to blame for all of nature's problems.
1. All bird species, including starlings, are on the decline due to climate control, pesticides, and ignorance.
2. Cats, although I adore them, are also "not native species to North America kill many birds every year.
3. Starlings are no more *pest*, then are seagulls, crows, and / or ravens.
4. It is not their fault that they were introduced to this country.
5. If you don't want a certain species of birds in your backyard, have food in your feeders that they don't like.
6. There are more educated and human ways of having starlings more on to a more friendly environment such as playing distressed calls.
Starlings are highly educated birds. Let's not allow ignorance to cause another species to become extinct.
You make good points. Starlings are adorable and should be loved ❤️
Watch the fucking video
@@SadEyes1412 i had watched, and i was surprised, what they suggest to poison starlings.
Poisoning kills other birds, including flickers, so, it can't benefit native birds.
I had read papers of poisoners (of course, ones, which are in open access), in one they mention flicker amongst dead non-targets.
Climate control
You forgot that they are an invasive in North America for a reason. They are actively endangering some native bird populations, for example the purple martin and any cavity nester.
It’s almost like that Horror Movie 🎥 The Birds.
I am a farmer and we have a bad starling problem here at our dairy and Pennsylvania Dept of Ag fed them some treats this past winter to get them their last meal for $1700
This might be unpopular opinion, but we are all species of this world, it’s their planet just as it’s ours. Yes they are destructive, but so are we, humans cause pollution, wars, poaching and much more! And all of that has effected many other species and even caused many to go extinct. Not to mention they are highly intelligent and very beautiful. It’s not by any means their fault, their existence and their activities are part of nature, and nature is perfect the way it is. Other species deal with human destruction, we should be able to deal with theirs .
I would rather have a bluebird than a starling.
@@mgcgrozit because you’re human, and humans naturally will think blue birds look better than starlings, but to nature, they are both equally living birds.
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@@SuperbiainProelioCitizen Starlings and house sparrows steal nesting sites of native birds. I can understand how people may enjoy them. But I also enjoy the native species here. We as homo sapiens should be conscious about the species we bring with us. Japanese beetles are a major pest here in North America and despite being a good looking green iradescent beetle, they destroy our crops and have no natural predators here. So should we allow invasive species to threaten us and native species?
Agreed!
I got one as a pet, he is cool. Found it in my yard one day. Wasnt sure what type of bird it was after about 4 weeks it was clear what it was. So i kept him as a pet. He talks also likes cuddles. So its whatever. Get mad at me dont care.
Then why did you comment if you don't care? 🤔
I love starlings.
He is fine in your care. Just don't release him or let him breed and you're actually making a teeny-tiny dent in the problem.
As long as you don’t let him damage crops and stuff, he’s good
@@SamSonicVideos tree huggers are just as obnoxious as vegans.
Regarding Murmurations causing plane crashes, you have a better chance of a Shoe Bomber causing a downed plane! lol Starlings are smarter than that. Sorry.
Try those Canadian geese! Number one source of air-bird strikes. Can't seem to keep them out of US airspace.
Boo-Bloody-Hoo!! Fair swap for your bloody grey squirrel. Not to mention the American crayfish.
I think the grey squirrels are European being pushed out by red no?
And the punkinseed too
thanks for making this video. just, dude probably didnt bring the bird to the states as an attack or sinister intent... great info and presentation.
Your channel is tragically underappreciated.
I don’t kill them sry .
At least they're pretty? Sparrows are an even more useless plague in my opinion
People in my state (Ct) started putting up bluebird houses and evicting any starlings or house sparrows from them 40 or so years ago. Now the bluebird and native cavity nesters are back in good numbers. I feed the birds until summer and noticed no starlings or house sparrows at all the last several years. I'm hoping this was due to our efforts to bring the bluebird back.
Yup I’ve been picking them off with my BB gun! They boss around all the other birds! An it pisses me off cause I love sparrows, Robins, blue birds, red backed wood peckers, soo imma start hitting them with full force..
maybe you just like to kill.
@@sapitos4 I do a little bit... but only if it's justifiable.. like annoying Stearlings I shoot them on the spot... they wreak my yard. An screw with other birds I care about.
@@tormentedslayer7498 same a silenced pcp air rifle keeps them in check
I adore them. They can do much more good than harm, we just have to protect our gardens from overexploatation from their side.
I just shoot them.
They do way much more harm then good 👍
@@nanjemoymaryland873 I guess You need to educate Yourself a bit more
@@nanjemoymaryland873 Just like your Grey Squirrels here in the U.K and Europe
@@nanjemoymaryland873 poison do more harm, than good, that's why no bird poison is legal in Russia, Germany and East Europe, really no any avicides registered for use in these countries.
Again
Don't Blame the bird/animal
BLAME MAN
Man has destroyed much more
Than these birds
Example?
Oil explosion
Yes your right humans kill tons of animals of the pass years!!
Hurr durr,”HuMaNs Are BaD ToO.”
@@SadEyes1412 ones who poison starlings certainly are, because, it's really impossible to avoid collateral damage.
For rare species even death of one individual makes a sence.
Starling ❤️❤️❤️
They need to be killed off
Bring back Starlicide from Purina. I hate these birds.
You want Starlicide to be as easily available as rodenticides are?
Imagine a very high collateral damage.
Even use by trained personal sometimes kills non-target birds.
So, if everyone who don't want to see unwanted birds on his land will be able to buy and use this stuff, bad news for all wildlife will come.
Ozark brought me here 😂
birds cant be evil or destructive. they are 100% pure and innocent. so calles humans is what i call evil piece of crap
Pretty and clever.
And tasty
A big High 5 from your European cousins! Live long and prosper!
Starling tried to take over my blue bird houses. I made a noise with fishing line. The next day one was hanging. I let it all day. That is the last time starling tried to take over my boxes. English sparrows get the same treatment in my yard.
You sound like a sociopath.
STARLINGS ARE COOL.
Vary cool don’t kill them put out nest boxes
Poor starlings 😢😢 I get that they are invasive, but it’s not their fault and they’re so cute 🥰🥰
Every air gunner, like myself, LOVE to hunt/take starlings. Horrible birds!!
I bet you kill other animals too. You just enjoy killing, and can find just about 1 million excuses to do so.
@@sapitos4 Invasive animals yes 100% I kill as many as possible. Squirrels, rats, pigeons, STARLINGS (bc they damage the ecosystem the most) bores, etc.
You can make me out to be a monster but there is a reason the state of NY allows this. Bc they (and myself) are clearly more educated than you about the damage being done.
@@KevinWood44 pigeons had never be threat for ecosystem, squirrels are native in USA
Amazing birds and very intelligent.
@@ryanc9888 Horrible creatures
These need to be controlled by safe means and are easily trapped using human food and pet foods in cage traps.
If a bounty was placed on them, I could make a nice supplemental income on it! Not to mention reducing the ecological and financial losses they cause. I make birdhouses and put them up for the declining native birds, and battle the starling, plus the house sparrow.
Blame the birds not the Europeans lol (not saying that's you) fucking awesome video!!
I cought one that got in my house today new pet
Get over it.
What the fuck do you mean?
@@woo1818 it means what it says get over it
Great pellet gun targets.
agreed
every winter im at war with these birds.. from my chimney to gutters they love chimney shoots here in texas ....after the hellish summer heat and fall comes they invade homes, sheds, barns,, wherever they can to nest up for winter...YES they are destructive ,,YES they are violent and fight over mates..,...if u let them occupy your home with nest shame on u they chirp loud and fight you will hear them rumbling in your chimney these birds are not pleasent......ive spent hundreds on fully automatic air rifles and pump bb guns because of this particular bird i win the battles but the war far from over
I throw a bag of starlings in the walmart trash cans on my way to work 2 to 3 times a week.
Mostly .20 R7
& .22 HW95.
Shooting them as I sit here grilling steak and typing.
me to ,,,but pellet .22 somtimes my dpms full auto bb
You sound like a sociopath.
Open season
LET THE CATS ROAM! FREE THE ROBINS! SAVE THE BLUE JAYS.
Eugene was a jew.
Starling flocks bouta get the ww2 flak wall experience when they fly over my house! (I have an aa-12 loaded with birdshot)
I kill these flying rats by the dozen in my yard every spring. When they finally leave my yard all of the songbirds come back. Just took out four fledglings this morning.
Chest shot quick dispatch
22 cal. shot shell