Starlings, ugh

[dieselrealtor]

Haven't seen any for months. Now, they are swarming our feeders & running off all the other birds.

 

[cbhausen]

If you can’t shoot them with a 22 use an air gun. This guy specializes in extermination of invasive, non-native bird species and is a fun watch:

https://youtube.com/c/TedsHoldOver

Here Ted opens a can of Whoop Ass on these nasty birds:



Enjoy!

 

[Bill2905]

Haven't seen any for months. Now, they are swarming our feeders & running off all the other birds.

They showed up at my feeder this past weekend too. Nasty birds.

 

[Hkindiana]

In France they are a delicacy

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Haven't seen any for months. Now, they are swarming our feeders & running off all the other birds.

I just noticed a big flock in the neighbor's yard last week. I hadn't noticed them not being around until I saw them!

 

[2in1evtime]

Yep they showed up here this morning, feeding on the cat food my wife puts out for the homeless cats!! nasty little bastards they poop on everything in sight

 

[jerrob]

Not seen them.......................yet.
They make good practice for the upcoming chipmunk season. If ya get proficient at hitting starlings, chipmunks are easy targets

 

[CindyE]

Ugh! They are at my feeders too- this weather brings out a lot of birds, some not so desirable. Had a crow earlier, too.

 

[manifest destiny]

Remington PumpMaster 770. Stick to the pellets, not BB's.

 

[lrdudley]

As a kid in the early 50's in Whiteland, the adult men in town would blast the trees with their shotguns to eradicate the starlings in town. It was us kids that went around after them with our wagons to collect the bodies. I can only assumed this was a sanctioned event. Can you imagine the outrage this would cause today.

 

[spencer rifle]

Terminate with extreme prejudice.

 

[bcannon]

Took care of 5 today with my gsons Red Rider BB gun. I would've taken care of more but they got wise to the noise from me opening the door. There was atleast a dozen being a menace to other birds and covering my feeders. Will start the hunt again in the morning.

 

[littletommy]

Had a flock of em in the back yard this afternoon. Hadn’t really thought about it but, I haven’t seen many for a while around here, until today.

 

[Jaybird1980]

I mix a bag of safflower seeds in to the big bag of bird seed and they don't hit the feeders at all.
They still hang out at the back garden during the summer sometimes.

 

[1nderbeard]

Wild.
I saw at least 10 today at a little feeder my MIL bought us for Christmas. 4-5 at a time. I did my best, but I really only scared them off. The gun I was using was the DPMS SBR bb gun. Not really made for sniping birds. Technically in city limits or I would have used a 10/22 + can.
I did find a cheap Amazon red dot to put on the SBR in the event they stick around for the weekend.

 

[rutheborger]

I always thought a smoothbore .22lr pump with rat shot would be the cat's meow for starlings. Enough power to kill at urban backyard distances with no overpenetration issues.

 

[Ballstater98]

I may be going the air gun route after airgun video. My son has coined the phrase "jerk birds" because they are a-holes.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

As a kid in the early 50's in Whiteland, the adult men in town would blast the trees with their shotguns to eradicate the starlings in town. It was us kids that went around after them with our wagons to collect the bodies. I can only assumed this was a sanctioned event. Can you imagine the outrage this would cause today.

I remember back in the 70's Indianapolis was having an issue with pigeons downtown. Someone had the idea to put out poisoned corn on the rooftops of the buildings in order to kill them. What they didn't foresee were the pigeons dying in mid-flight and falling on people walking downtown. It was kind of like the WKRP turkey episode.

 

[Butch627]

I bought caged feeders advertised to keep squirrels out. Initial purchase was expensive but the starlings which were emptying my feeders in a couple of hours moved on and after a few days of apprehension the other birds embraced them. I have another feeder using safeflower seeds and something is emptying that all over the ground, can't figure out what is doing it.

 

[patience0830]

I bought caged feeders advertised to keep squirrels out. Initial purchase was expensive but the starlings which were emptying my feeders in a couple of hours moved on and after a few days of apprehension the other birds embraced them. I have another feeder using safeflower seeds and something is emptying that all over the ground, can't figure out what is doing it.

Coon or possum at night probably. May be the neighborhood deer.