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No worries! Also I realize now I’m speaking from a conflicting (?) point of view, which is the ecosystem is fragile and humans are part of the ecosystem. Example: Hurricane Iniki trashed the island of Kauai, then loose chickens established feral populations.

Wow! I wouldn’t mind living in that house 😄

Oh in that case, no, I have no idea how to raise a starling. Just chickens 🥰

I’ve given you the benefit of the doubt and wish you luck with getting certified to rehab species that need it. But please don’t get yourself in trouble with Dept of Fish and Game by selling an invasive nonnative species as pets.

:old :caf:wee https://lithub.com/how-mozart-changed-my-mind-about-americas-most-hated-bird/

Well a hawk did catch and kill one of my muscovies in midair. Hawks are protected by law, but even if they were not, I’d still leave it be. They are apex predators and control their prey species. I don’t know what species are controlled by European starlings.

Ok I’d rather not argue with anyone trying to do good. Why would starlings be worth saving? How would it be accomplished?

Well best of luck. It might be worth studying starlings as a school project to find a way to put them more in balance with the environment. I’m old and cranky and about all I can do is shake my broom at the starlings and blast them with the garden hose 😄 ***Edited to add, try asking the...

There is a reason the law is written like that. It means European starlings are not native, they’re pests. A few years ago one (1) starling brought roost mites to my coop by starting a nest in the bedding, and by the time I discovered it and cleaned it out, there must have been 1 million mites...