Starlings

[Bassleg]

Another good way to deal with Starling is a tennis racket !

Rats with wing thats all they are!!

 

[scooter147]

My run is covered in deer netting they come through the one inch woven wire run. I guess I will have to cover with deer netting at least for the winter (this is the only time of the year I have this problem, spring, summer and fall I don't see them).

Bassleg, that is exactly how I deal with them. I sneak into the run shut the pop door and get busy with my tennis racket.

No joke one day last year I "took care of" 39 in one afternoon. They are just thick at theives the last two years, yesterday afternoon they literally turned my maple tree black.

xke4, my two mixed ducks do call in a pair of canada geese every once in a while. I am only two miles from the Missouri River so the fly overs of wild geese and ducks is a common occurance during migratory seasons.

 

[xke4]

We lived in St. Louis for a year and remember with horror the racket that the Canada Geese made as they came in for a landing every morning at 5 on a very small pond at our condo complex. We thought that we had escaped that noise, but no!

 

[gamebirdsonly]

I hate them. dang things love my big tree by my house which is right above my drive way and they crap all over my vehicles

 

[aoxa]

I know this is an old thread, but I'm having upwards of 50 starlings in my barn every day. Oh it's driving me mad.

What can I do short of killing them with a tennis racket? I am not home until dark throughout the week, but this weekend I can/will attempt this. They are crapping EVERYWHERE.

It's the coldest week this year. I never have this issue in spring/summer/fall/early winter.

Buggers is what they are!

 

[Mattemma]

I would trap them with the repeating sparrow trap.One time I had over 10 birds in my trap.Kill them and restock the trap with food to lure more.After time you will kill them all.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

Growing feed grains like grain sorghum as well as confined agriculture feeding operations like steer feed lots, pig houses, dairy farms, and back yard chicken pens all draw starlings, red wing blackbirds, grackles, and Brewer blackbirds like a red sports car draws speeding tickets. Nothing will work unless the food source is denied them. Anything less is strictly for the birds.

 

[Nambroth]

If legal in your area, and if you have a safe means to do so, I have had success with shooting starlings. They are more intelligent than people give credit for, and they have learned not to come into my yard. That said, I do not have huge amounts of grain that would draw them-- they were attracted to my chicken feed and wild bird seed, which are comparatively small food sources when compared to a farm or agricultural area.
Traps work well, too.

 

[aoxa]

If legal in your area, and if you have a safe means to do so, I have had success with shooting starlings. They are more intelligent than people give credit for, and they have learned not to come into my yard. That said, I do not have huge amounts of grain that would draw them-- they were attracted to my chicken feed and wild bird seed, which are comparatively small food sources when compared to a farm or agricultural area.
Traps work well, too.

I have never operated a gun, and it is illegal to use them here within so many feet of a residence.

 

[Nambroth]

I have never operated a gun, and it is illegal to use them here within so many feet of a residence.

I understand. It is not an ideal solution for many! Sometimes it works on farm situations.
The bird traps that they sell for european sparrows and starlings do work quite well.