Wednesday, April 02, 2014

Notice to invaders

                                           Invaders


NOTICE TO GRACKLES AND STARLINGS

I have today placed you on the list of aliens (heretofore including only squirrels)   upon which presence I shall not put.  You are, as some of you have discovered, made eligible for immediate and swift sanction. 

7 comments:

iri said...

Let me know how you plan to get rid of the Starlings. The little bastards are smart as hell.

Rodger the Real King of France said...

With the cold weather we've had a monster invasion of both starlings and grackle after the nut cakes we put out for woodpeckers, nuthatches,etc. They go through two a day and I'm damned tired of the aggravation and expense.

I leave a window cracked with a good site view of the feeders, and .... well, like you said; they're smart as hell after a few lessons. (Where I yell BOO at them of course)Click click

toadold said...

Soak some corn in cheap booze. set out for the birds. Birds will get falling down drunk. Go out with a bag. Pick out the starlings and put them in the bag. There are a lot of things you can do with the bag, taking it to the local cat lady's house is just one of them.

Steve in Greensboro said...

Consistent with my position on the Rubio-Ryan-Boehner Amnesty program, exterminate all Starlings, but leave the Grackles be.

Anonymous said...

Winged democrats 'eh?
Tim

Steve in Greensboro said...

Grackles are an American species. Starlings were purposely imported; they were not present in the U.S. until 1890. Avian illegals.

MAX Redline said...

Steve's right; some idiot thought they were "pretty" and so imported 18 of the things and released them in Central Park. The rest is history.

By the way, they're cavity-nesters, so they compete with woodpeckers (among other native species). I've found in the past that a pellet-pistol works wonders.

Here at the new place, the back yard's really quite small and surrounded by hedge. I put our feeder there, and it's great for native birds. Starlings hate it, and almost never venture back there.

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