poison starlings

[dacjohns]

I don't know about using poison but starlings are fair game. They are not covered by any laws that I know of except for it is always open season on them.

 

[b.hromada]

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Really, isn't there?

 

[Dar]

you may want to see how that got in there in the first place... get the starlings out.. use a hose with a nozzle on it that will aim the beam of water at them... then make sure you close up the holes that they came in by.

Have someone stand outside to see where they are getting out and make sure everything gets sealed.

I know starlings are considered a pain and a non native critter... but they are only doing what they are supposed to do... eat, sleep, and POOP.. o yeah and make more starlings...

make sure you destroy all eggs

I would avoid poison at all costs, its not worth a secondary poisoning. Make sure you wear PPE (personal protective equipment) while removing the mess that they leave behind.. we dont want you sick from their poop. I would also make sure your birds are nowhere near when this is happening dont want them sick either.

 

[JimWWhite]

You know, sometimes I wonder about people. Do the starlings really eat that much? I mean they're the same creatures God put on this Earth along with us and they have the right to exist as well. They're only looking for what we are: food, shelter, safety, comfort. And because they eat a few cents worth of chicken feed you want to poison them? You want to take a chance of killing them and possibly other animals who might find and eat their bodies just because they are doing what their genes tell them to do? What if your pet dogs or cats finds one of them and dies from the same poison? Do you make the distinction that you would have poisoned them as well? What if it was your neighbor's pet? I tell you what, tally up the losses you have to date from these awful starlings and post it here along with your address and I will send you a few bucks from my own pocket to help allay some of the damages they may have caused. Maybe a few other likeminded people here will do the same.

 

[Namble]

JimWWhite - Starlings deserve death, trust me. They are WAY over populated in the USA and everywhere else!! They are killing out all the other wild birds. Esp the Bluebirds which is ashame considering that there are not that many of them. Starlings can adapt to just about any climate and multiple like there is no tommorrow. 1 flock can consist of just 5 birds or up to 10,000 and can DESTROY huge crops in a matter of days. Now that's sad!

Starlings are now so numerous they may be threatening some native bird species by competing for nesting places - tree holes etc.

 

[dacjohns]

http://www.wbu.com/chipperwoods/photos/estarling.htm


Check out the text starting around figure 8.

 

[HLAC]

This is what my yard used to look like. http://home.att.net/~miyukihawk/nonnatives.jpg (link because I think the picture is too big to post here.)

That's hundreds of starlings, dozens of house sparrows and a bunch of collared doves to boot. All non-native species.

I started shooting the starlings and sparrows and it didn't take long for the starlings to get the hint and go elsewhere. The sparrows took a bit longer to figure it out. The doves get a pass. Now I have native song birds in the yard and they don't steal my chicken feed or clog my gutters trying to make nests.

We still shoot starlings here and there but generally as soon as we drop a few, the flock avoids the yard for several weeks. (they're probably flying over to your farms... sorry 'bout that!)

 

[joebryant]

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Interesting! I can't seem to figure out how it works though? I get that the birds go in and can't get out, but why would they go in?

Start off by putting feed on the ground for a few days. Then put the V-trap over the feed; they'll figure out how to get to it. When the traps full of starlings and/or English house sparrows, kill them and I really don't care how, just kill 'em.

Starlings and English house sparrows (actually not a sparrow, it's a weaver finch) (S&S) were first brought to the U.S. at the end of the 19th century, paid for by a very wealthy lover of Shakespeare. All the non-native species of birds mentioned in Shakespearean plays were released in Central Park, New York City. The S&S were the only ones to survive, SUPER-AGGRESSIVE, CAVITY NESTING (must enter a hole) AND PROLIFIC BREEDERS. Within 25 years they had spread to cover ALL of North America, all the way to California, claiming hole dwelling sites, killing our native woodpeckers, bluebirds, and all other cavity nesters by the literal MILLIONS.

 

[la dee da]

Thanks for the info. I always wondered what I'd do if they ever became a problem-now I know!

 

[Boyd]

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I'd be careful about that offer.... With the disease starlings spread (they are also a NON-native INVASIVE SPECIES) they can easily wipe out folks flocks ... so if you want to shell out a couple thousand dollars for starling damage per member..............

Where can I sign up?

Yet another post where somebody wants us to sing cumbuya with all of gods creatures... sigh.... he made us the stewards of the earth, dominion over animals etc.