How to get ride of cowbirds

[clickie]

lol, I keep looking out and it seems that they are doubling.ahhh lol.

 

[HippieChickens]

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[Marie66]

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They're protected by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority??

that's weird.

 

[mikescanlon]

what a clever bird.... reminds me of this clever bird.

 

[Snap62]

There's absolutely nothing you can do to rid yourself of cowbirds. Just enjoy the time, that they spend somewhere else

 

[clickie]

I hope that they leave soon. theres been cardnals and blue jays nesting, so hopefully the cow birds did not lay any of their eggs in there nests.

 

[wormy270]

KILL THEM! Shotgun works well. If you can catch them still use a .22 rifle.

 

[clickie]

KILL THEM! Shotgun works well. If you can catch them still use a .22 rifle.

I don't want to kill them. I think they are protected.​

 

[michickenwrangler]

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I don't want to kill them. I think they are protected.

In Michigan they aren't!!!

Cowbirds are decimating the Kirtland Warbler population and if you live in a county where a Kirtland Warbler has been seen, you are encouraged to kill cowbirds.

Kirtland Warblers, btw, are a small blue & yellow (go UM) songbird that spends its summers only in the Huron Nat'l Forest in NE MI. The cowbirds are destroying eggs in the KW's nest and the KWs are raising the cowbirds.

I don't know about Rhode Island, but get a hold of the DNR or a birding club to find out the status.

 

[clickie]

I don't know about Rhode Island, but get a hold of the DNR or a birding club to find out the status.

I think all of the cowbirds have left, hopefully lol, I haven't seen any yet. I think they were being chased by some blue jays. thank you all for the advice.​