The Most Destructive Birds in North America
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- Опубликовано: 18 мар 2021
- The European Starling was introduced to America in the late 1800s, and has been wreaking havoc on America's ecosystems ever since.
The bird was introduced by a fan of Shakespeare who wanted to introduce every bird mentioned in Shakespeare's plays. Luckily for us, most of his attempts were failures, however, one species of bird made it, and has been wreaking havoc on America's agriculture and the environment ever since.
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They are stocky black birds with short tails, triangular wings, and long, pointed bills. Though they’re sometimes resented for their abundance and aggressiveness, they’re still dazzling birds when you get a good look. Covered in white spots during winter, they turn dark and glossy in summer. For much of the year, they wheel through the sky and mob lawns in big, noisy flocks.
All the European Starlings in North America descended from 100 birds set loose in New York's Central Park in the early 1890s. The birds were intentionally released by a group who wanted America to have all the birds that Shakespeare ever mentioned. It took several tries, but eventually the population took off. Today, more than 200 million European Starlings range from Alaska to Mexico, and many people consider them pests.
Because of their recent arrival in North America, all of our starlings are closely related. Genetically, individuals from Virginia are nearly indistinguishable from starlings sampled in California, 3,000 miles away. Such little genetic variation often spells trouble for rare species, but seems to offer no ill effects to starlings so far.
Starlings are great vocal mimics: individuals can learn the calls of up to 20 different species. Birds whose songs starlings often copy include the Eastern Wood-Pewee, Killdeer, meadowlarks, Northern Bobwhite, Wood Thrush, Red-tailed Hawk, American Robin, Northern Flicker, and many others.
Starlings turn from spotted and white to glossy and dark each year without shedding their feathers. The new feathers they grow in fall have bold white tips - that’s what gives them their spots. By spring, these tips have worn away, and the rest of the feather is dark and iridescent brown. It’s an unusual changing act that scientists term “wear molt.”
Starlings are strong fliers that can get up to speeds of 48 mph.
In studies of starlings’ sense of taste, scientists have discovered that they can taste salt, sugars, citric acid, and tannins (bitter compounds that occur in many fruits, including acorns and grapes). They can tell the difference between sucrose (table sugar) and other kinds of sugars - helpful since starlings lack the ability to digest sucrose.
A female European Starling may try to lay an egg in the nest of another female. A female that tries this parasitic tactic often is one that could not get a mate early in the breeding season. The best females find mates and start laying early. The longer it takes to get started, the lower the probability of a nest's success. Those parasitic females may be trying to enhance their own breeding efforts during the time that they cannot breed on their own.
The oldest recorded wild European Starling in North America was a male and was at least 15 years, 3 months old when he died in Tennessee in 1972. He had been banded in the same state in 1958.
Starlings are common around cities and towns. Look in lawns, city parks and squares, and fields. They’ll be working their way across the grass, often moving in a slight zig-zag line and seeming to hurry as they stab their bills into the ground every step or two. In the countryside you’re more likely to see starlings perched in groups at the tops of trees or flying over fields or roads in tight flocks.
Foxes have holes, birds have nests, but nowhere will man's greed give them rest.
So, because it rhymes it doesn't have to make sense?🤨
The Starlings are indeed beautiful. The problem I have is that they built nests on the eaves of my home, we were feeling itchy and didn’t know why, until I called pest control and they removed three large nests, which cost us $600.00, then sprayed our home for another $400.00 to kill the parasites they brought in. Not to mention doctor visits and special shampoos we had to use on ourselves, so a very expensive lesson that these Starlings carry a large quantity of parasites, so it’s better to keep a distance from them. When they start flicking around our area, I plug in a speaker I bought on Amazon, with raptor calls on it. It seems to make a majority of them uncomfortable so they move on. They’re a few determined ones that stay to steal food from my mothers chickens, and she’s had to spend money buying agricultural lime from Tractor Supply and Sevin dust from Walmart, to mix and bathe her chickens from the head down. This treatment was recommended by the vet, and it’s effective. However, it pains me to see my elderly mother wearing a mask and gloves to go pick up her eggs or go near her chickens. That’s not the way it’s supposed to be. Just can’t keep sparrows, pigeons, and a lot of starlings, away from the chickens. The coop is completely enclosed with chicken wire, and Starlings will bend the wire with their beaks to get in! They also killed the Bluebirds we had nesting in our yard for many years. I am now shocked to see that Starlings will mate with sparrows and other bird breeds, too! The sparrows are so tiny, but it doesn’t stop them. Pest control said the Starlings can raise chicks 3 to 4 times a year, and 6-8 chicks at a time! Amazing and frightening - both, in my opinion!
Monster birds
Thanks to Shakespeare we have the worst invasive species in history
LOL. Horses are an invasive species you know....
@@donnabertyeah cool but my neighbors horses that have always lived in their fenced 20 acres have never once decimated my crop. But starlings have. Some “invasive” species are far worse in the damage they cause than others. I wouldn’t even consider horses “invasive”.
@@donnabert Horses actually originated from North America originally but got separated when Pangea separated into multiple continents. Look it up.
@@glossygloss472that's actually interesting
@@glossygloss472Yes, we know that story , but you miss the point.
Being in the avian field for nearly 30yrs now. And having "hands on" experience with everything from Warblers to Birds of Prey. I can honestly say it's THE WORST thing that could have happened to our nation "bird wise" that is. These pests have caused so much destruction in terms of native species. Between them and House Sparrows i can't begin to account for all the damage i have witnessed them causing various Sparrow, Bluebird, and Purple Martin populations. It was THE WORST introduction of an invasive species. And now native populations are on the brink because of there destruction.
But, no evidence that poison helps native birds, there was no even scientific research of impact of poison on native fauna outside lab trial (trapping/shooting of individuals who occupy nest boxes for native species is only lethal way which sometimes help).
Pro-poisoners spread more misinformation, than vegans/PETA.
Still 'evil' does not apply. The destructive behaviour even, if it was without intent and/or born of ignorance and lack of foresight, has been from the humans who introduced them. As for destruction and human-made avian problems look at what introduced rodents, cats, weasels etc have done to ground-nesting, flightless, endangered parrots in New Zealand, also domestic cats wherever they have access to suburban or rural outside spaces. Then there's those introductions that may be outside of avian population problems; rabbits in Australia, grey squirrels in U.K. These have all been born of human negligence, lack of awareness ecosystems and the fragility, or perhaps the instability, of populations through-out ecosystems. So much is out of our control and I suspect that even control efforts from deep-green environmental-fascists (let alone any garden-bench back-garden conservation efforts in which awareness reduces chances of these unintended introductions), 'evil' can never really be a descriptive for any animal, instead it applies to humans who are the root-cause of these problems and hopefully too their solutions.
Know the feeling Mate!! We've got your bloody Grey Squirrel. Man's descision to play God in the past has comeback to back to bite the planets eco-system in the arse worldwide. Andy U.K
I used to get rid of these nasty birds whenever possible, and the House Sparrow.
Exactly this! What a killing bully...this bird will eradicate all native species...Sadly, they would have arrived sooner or later..
I saw these things in Florida over a decade ago swarming people getting out of their cars at gas stations. I thought "fuck this place. Rabid birds, alligators, and grass that hurts to walk on". Now all of a sudden this year I'm seeing those things everywhere where i live and I'm not happy about it.
Starlicide kills non target birds.
Use of starlicide also increase use of insecticides and their impact, this may be is more important reason of native bird decline
Starlicide, as most poisons do, contaminate the whole food-web and accumulates in predators. Falconry is a far less problematic-in-the short/long-term. Out of interest in environmental geography, would you mind giving me a best-estimate of how much territory area Sparrow-Hawks require and how many birds catches/kills they make over the course of a year? 🤔
The concentration on Starlings for airlane strikes is disengenous.
They ought to be called Schieffelin's Pest.
Starlicide (known as F-1) had been used in Hungary to control rooks, hooded crows, magpies.
Rook became so rare, that was added to red list, same fate awaited red-footed falcon.
Despite poison considered harmless for raptors, it affected them indirectly: falcons rely on corvids, because they can't build their own nest.
After this, in Hungary poison was banned and this finished it's trials in Europe.
Who knows, what really happens to native species in US, when starlings are poisoned (indirect effects had never been studied and are hard to detect for any pesticides until it becomes too late), remember, that starlings are important food source for raptors.
Starling are not invasive here in France. Quite at the contrary, I appreciate the few of them who gather in my garden from time to time, especially in the fall, when they come to feed on the fruits of the vine covering our old farmhouse. Their singing can be great (they can even be trained to mimic human voice very well).
I wonder what keeps them in check in Europe, that does not in NA?
nothing keeps them in check, they are invasive for a reason
Europe doesnt have as huge grain and crop fields like we do here.
You are in Europe. We are in North America. Is that clear to you?
@@atis9061 Oh, that's very clear! I lived in the US of A for several years... so, I happen to know the difference!
But you haven't answered my question, or have you?
@@st-ex8506 you have to research it yourself. BUT STARLINGS ARE INVASIVE IN THE US. many consider them ‘evil birds’. I don’t. They are just acting according to their nature.
So curious how do they ensure they only poison the starling?
They don't, poison kills many other birds, including flickers
@@FalconfromRF I have seen remote activated net traps used instead as a Starling swarm tends to hedge out other birds, there should be little bycatch with this method
they don’t. they place it haphazardly and hope it works. it kills many native birds as well, not just starlings. it hurts predators, too. when something eats a poisoned animal, that predator can get sick too.
That is just wrong and should be illegal
The Repeating Elevator Trap is the best device to use to catch European House Sparrows. I've had 17 in the trap at one time! Ive caught a few Starlings in it. Maybe a Larger trap could be made to catch the Starling.
Starling murminations are a wonder of nature.
You are delusional.
@@blueberrypitbull87not. Starlings are cool
Damn you, Eugene!
A damn shame. It is a beautiful bird. I guess that's life.. edifying video though.
I know, it sucks. They're supposedly really intelligent, too. It's easy to villainize them because of the destruction they bring, but it's really not their fault.
And thanks for the feedback!
@@21stCenturyNature in my country it's illegal to use chemical bird control, it's said, that it causes intensive insect damage and pollutes soil.
We have problems with agricultural bird damage, but shooting is last resort
funny how the starlings are deemed invasive, while the cattle whose food they’re eating …🤔
Apples and oranges… can’t eat starlings.
Starling are hard workers for farmers and gardeners.
In my garden in the UK I love the starlings and house sparrows on my bird feeders.
Lots and lots of americans love starlings. Me included. The information in this video isn't even correct and it is posted by some grumpus who needs to get a life. I love house sparrows as well. I love their song and they are so pretty. Humans cause way more damage than starlings or house sparrows.
😂😂😂😂
Ask a farmer if they feel the same way!!!!
i bet you love mosquitos and bed bugs too.
They are beautiful smart birds that can talk better than the parrots, babies also cute and shy and cuddly like kittens, I saved a baby starling recently, really feel terrible that they get poisoned and called pests, and people in comments bragging about killing the birds without remorse would probably kill anything and anyone just as easily.
Killing a bird to save other birds? Apparently you haven't watched the video, and If that doesn't persuade you, then I believe you're a genuine problem, and you don't value life as much as you claim to.
@@FriggitsXx anyway, killing by method, which kills other birds, too, is not a good idea.
Starlicide kills also bluejays, rusty blackbirds and flickers.
So, it surely will not save other birds from starlings.
@@FalconfromRF well...right... as the video mentions. Using these chemicals backfires almost if not entirely like DDT in terms of splash damage towards non-targeted animals.
Shooting starlings is the most harmless way that prevents this from happening.
They are beautiful and smart birds until the decide to destroy your houses soffit to make it a nest which happens to be above your AC unit. We should send all 200 million to your neighborhood since you like them soo much..
You'd be the type of person to decry wild hog hunting on a mass scale becas theyre just animals without seeing the millions of dollars the cause in damages and the many deaths they cause native animals.
If you go that far may as well invite all illegal immigrants to the country and have a sob story when the leeches are draining finances and housing from native people.
@@Mixwell1983 comparing migrating birds to illegal aliens clearly tells me that you are in need of a hug or a psychiatrist or both
You got our starlings and sparrows, and we got your grey squirrels and crayfish. Fair swap I'd say. Uk
I have one that sounds like a cat.
It could be a catbird depending on what part of the country you live in.
Wow! 🖤 Starlings are even more bad ass than I already knew. Hardcore birds!🤘
It’s weird as In Europe it’s completely the other way around, the Starling is seen as high class cuisine among the French and Spanish and yearly trap these birds to eat them which is done in really cruel ways but the population in the UK has been slowly dwindling
I am a farmer and we have a bad starling problem here at our dairy and Pennsylvania Dept of Ag fed them some treats this past winter to get them their last meal for $1700
Silencer on the airgun for every starling and your neighbors won't know
What on earth would a silencer do on a BB gun? Nothing
@Dustin Young my pellet gun has a silencer it's pretty quiet. some pellet guns are pretty loud if there .22
I just bought a ronin silencer for my pcp airgun
Starling tried to take over my blue bird houses. I made a noise with fishing line. The next day one was hanging. I let it all day. That is the last time starling tried to take over my boxes. English sparrows get the same treatment in my yard.
Ways of control are more destructive (starlicide). Everyone who respect ecosystem is against avicide.
Even shooting and trapping must be last resort
Im sorry but you cannot win a war against birds. The Australians tried that and lost miserably.
They're practically naturalized at this point.
I got one as a pet, he is cool. Found it in my yard one day. Wasnt sure what type of bird it was after about 4 weeks it was clear what it was. So i kept him as a pet. He talks also likes cuddles. So its whatever. Get mad at me dont care.
Then why did you comment if you don't care? 🤔
I love starlings.
He is fine in your care. Just don't release him or let him breed and you're actually making a teeny-tiny dent in the problem.
As long as you don’t let him damage crops and stuff, he’s good
@@SamSonicVideos tree huggers are just as obnoxious as vegans.
Wish they bring back the us chestnut trees
Instead of killing starlings chemical corporation must develop effective fungicide
This is so 😂dramatized.rm❤s, cricket❤s mainly bugs.❤starling are bug eaters. Mainly . Geese etc also get into the engine❤s etc. It❤s a tragedy for any bird to die from that traget. You are destroying their reputation. They are smart and make a great pet in fact they talk. I love them. I 😂feed my starling wo
They make wonderful pets, so there's that. They can mimic any sound they hear including human voices.
Creepy.
They need to be dead.
dude they carry parasites WTF
@@CHOPMOP10 so do you
Ok tree hugger.
It’s almost like that Horror Movie 🎥 The Birds.
So not as bad as humans got it 😂
and hawks and eagles can't stop them or control their population?
Think about what happens if the hawks and eagles hunt them and they've been eating poison. I don't know what the solution is, but it can't be poison.
why is it so hard for birds to avoid aircrafts considering that aircrafts are often big and obvious?
First of all, thanks for watching. Now, as to your question, That’s like asking, “how do boats crash into each other when they’re in the middle of the ocean?”
I agree that it’s surprising that these instances are so common, given how much open space aircraft and birds have to fly in, but it’s surprisingly more common than you’d expect. Also, many birds fly in flocks, which can seem “big and obvious” to humans, so the same question could be asked as to why is it so hard for pilots to avoid birds. I have included a fascinating article that can answer your question better than I can at the bottom of this comment. Hope this helped answer your question!
airportlifestyle.com/bird-strikes/
LOL
Umm im guessing because it might be a little difficult to dodge something that’s moving between 400mph-650mph 😂😂😂. I mean why have humans not figured out how to avoid getting hit by a car going 25mph?
May be antrachinone (compound, making substance taste disgusting for birds) should be added to all chlorotoluidines, sold for industrial uses.
They are so smart too
No wild animal is evil. They are just doing what they need to survive, it isn't their fault they are here. Humans on the other hand...
What the fuck you want us to do, commit homicide so that WE can CONTROL OUR OWN POPULATION? Since you suggested the idea, why not become the test subject?
I just rescued a starling here in Brooklyn. I can't complain. It's so intelligent and social.
I hope someone kills it.
Lol apparently I did already... or it had a congenital disorder (pretty common). It's dead now - buried in prospect park.@@blueberrypitbull87
@@blueberrypitbull87 LMaooooo
I have a pet starling that i rescued at 1 day old. She is the most intelligent bird! She even talks. Starlings are not pests. They are birds, just like any bird they are doing what they need to do to survive. Its not their fault they were brought over here.
You are not thinking of other birds. They are monsters when invading smaller birds nests and killing them.
2:42 while I understand why they are problematic, and agree, I wouldn't say hating them is fair. I'm raising one that we found at a young age and they make amazing pets, the issue is more that we need to reduce the mass population (which I'd call unfortunate as they are living creatures). I don't blame the birds for being birds. If our ancestors caused this problem, then it is the job of us to find ways to manage, relocate, or remove the populations and our government is doing nothing to fund these efforts. As a rescue person, I would never blame my little Twig for being a starling. It is a human fault and error of action that needs funded to deal with. Call upon local government, find ways to manage the problems they cause.
Its a pretty bird with unfortunate behavior
I remember that story of birds falling from the sky everywhere. I never knew it was because they were poisoned. I do not agree with that at all, and the other birds get into the poison too. These birds love cat food kibble by the way. Them and blue jays and ravens. I watched a vid the other day that the starling is nearly becoming endangered in Europe. 90% of the population is gone. So why not catch these birds and start sending them back?
wow endangered there and here in u.s we are saturated with them ..some states so heavy with them they blot out the sun
@@CHOPMOP10 seem like poisoning doesn't cause state-wide reduction, it can only remove 50% of flock in given location of best.
But, as starlings are migratory, dead birds can be easily replaced with birds from other locations.
And, there are risks for other birds, there were cases of deaths of flickers and blue jays from Starlicide. Believed do not cause secondary poisoning, but, owls are exception.
If bird is more rare, than starling, even death of one individual can make a sence and contribute to species's decline.
Cuz it's cruel to stick the postage stamps to their feathers.
I hate these birds. They killed off all my generations of wild robins who called the trees in my yard home for over fifteen years. I watched the robins during nesting seasons try to fend them off. It was a vicious attack by starlings and the Robins were so upset and I was seeing fighting in mid air. The next year most of the robins were gone. Makes me mad this guy introduced these birds. They are awful!
Open season
I've been told they even talk. Is that right? Do they mimic humans?
Yes but don’t kill them
Bring back Starlicide from Purina. I hate these birds.
I'll take the birds over people everyday thanks
People are evil 😈 everything He created has a purpose on earth
I cought one that got in my house today new pet
Put them as a delicatessen and you solve the problem .
I don’t kill them sry .
Without colonizers taking things from their native land there'd be a lot of questions we wouldn't have to ask...go figure.
I blast every starling i see! They steal our chickens feed..regularly!!! So I do my best to help thin the pests
Starlings eat the bugs that ruin gardens as well as mosquitoes and flies. Some farmers especially organic put up nesting boxes to encourage their presence and protection of their gardens and crops.
@@FurNFeathersFam They’ve gotten lazy……..
In your next life I what you'll be???
@@karmajangchup No……
Starlings make great pets! They are highly intelligent and they can talk better than any parrot I've ever heard. It's not their fault they were brought over here from Europe. They are just doing what they need to survive.
A big High 5 from your European cousins! Live long and prosper!
Boo-Bloody-Hoo!! Fair swap for your bloody grey squirrel. Not to mention the American crayfish.
I think the grey squirrels are European being pushed out by red no?
And the punkinseed too
Pretty and clever.
And tasty
Starlings have single-handedly lowered the price of vegetables by their voracious predation on insects. Educate yoursrelf.
Regarding Murmurations causing plane crashes, you have a better chance of a Shoe Bomber causing a downed plane! lol Starlings are smarter than that. Sorry.
Try those Canadian geese! Number one source of air-bird strikes. Can't seem to keep them out of US airspace.
This might be unpopular opinion, but we are all species of this world, it’s their planet just as it’s ours. Yes they are destructive, but so are we, humans cause pollution, wars, poaching and much more! And all of that has effected many other species and even caused many to go extinct. Not to mention they are highly intelligent and very beautiful. It’s not by any means their fault, their existence and their activities are part of nature, and nature is perfect the way it is. Other species deal with human destruction, we should be able to deal with theirs .
I would rather have a bluebird than a starling.
@@mgcgrozit because you’re human, and humans naturally will think blue birds look better than starlings, but to nature, they are both equally living birds.
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@@SuperbiainProelioCitizen Starlings and house sparrows steal nesting sites of native birds. I can understand how people may enjoy them. But I also enjoy the native species here. We as homo sapiens should be conscious about the species we bring with us. Japanese beetles are a major pest here in North America and despite being a good looking green iradescent beetle, they destroy our crops and have no natural predators here. So should we allow invasive species to threaten us and native species?
Agreed!
I throw a bag of starlings in the walmart trash cans on my way to work 2 to 3 times a week.
Mostly .20 R7
& .22 HW95.
Shooting them as I sit here grilling steak and typing.
me to ,,,but pellet .22 somtimes my dpms full auto bb
Your channel is tragically underappreciated.
its the man's fault not the birds fault
Starling ❤️❤️❤️
They need to be killed off
Yup I’ve been picking them off with my BB gun! They boss around all the other birds! An it pisses me off cause I love sparrows, Robins, blue birds, red backed wood peckers, soo imma start hitting them with full force..
maybe you just like to kill.
@@sapitos4 I do a little bit... but only if it's justifiable.. like annoying Stearlings I shoot them on the spot... they wreak my yard. An screw with other birds I care about.
@@tormentedslayer7498 same a silenced pcp air rifle keeps them in check
STARLINGS ARE COOL.
Vary cool don’t kill them put out nest boxes
Blame the birds not the Europeans lol (not saying that's you) fucking awesome video!!
These need to be controlled by safe means and are easily trapped using human food and pet foods in cage traps.
If a bounty was placed on them, I could make a nice supplemental income on it! Not to mention reducing the ecological and financial losses they cause. I make birdhouses and put them up for the declining native birds, and battle the starling, plus the house sparrow.
Great pellet gun targets.
agreed
People in my state (Ct) started putting up bluebird houses and evicting any starlings or house sparrows from them 40 or so years ago. Now the bluebird and native cavity nesters are back in good numbers. I feed the birds until summer and noticed no starlings or house sparrows at all the last several years. I'm hoping this was due to our efforts to bring the bluebird back.
Every air gunner, like myself, LOVE to hunt/take starlings. Horrible birds!!
I bet you kill other animals too. You just enjoy killing, and can find just about 1 million excuses to do so.
@@sapitos4 Invasive animals yes 100% I kill as many as possible. Squirrels, rats, pigeons, STARLINGS (bc they damage the ecosystem the most) bores, etc.
You can make me out to be a monster but there is a reason the state of NY allows this. Bc they (and myself) are clearly more educated than you about the damage being done.
@@KevinWood44 pigeons had never be threat for ecosystem, squirrels are native in USA
Amazing birds and very intelligent.
@@ryanc9888 Horrible creatures
The problem i have here is when *we* only hear one side or think one thing is to blame for all of nature's problems.
1. All bird species, including starlings, are on the decline due to climate control, pesticides, and ignorance.
2. Cats, although I adore them, are also "not native species to North America kill many birds every year.
3. Starlings are no more *pest*, then are seagulls, crows, and / or ravens.
4. It is not their fault that they were introduced to this country.
5. If you don't want a certain species of birds in your backyard, have food in your feeders that they don't like.
6. There are more educated and human ways of having starlings more on to a more friendly environment such as playing distressed calls.
Starlings are highly educated birds. Let's not allow ignorance to cause another species to become extinct.
You make good points. Starlings are adorable and should be loved ❤️
Watch the fucking video
@@SadEyes1412 i had watched, and i was surprised, what they suggest to poison starlings.
Poisoning kills other birds, including flickers, so, it can't benefit native birds.
I had read papers of poisoners (of course, ones, which are in open access), in one they mention flicker amongst dead non-targets.
SO YOU WANT THE US, WHICH HAS TRADE RELATIONS WITH HALF THE WORLD, TO CUT TRADE BECAUSE YOU ALLOW STARLINGS TO LIVE?
Climate control
Again
Don't Blame the bird/animal
BLAME MAN
Man has destroyed much more
Than these birds
Example?
Oil explosion
Yes your right humans kill tons of animals of the pass years!!
Hurr durr,”HuMaNs Are BaD ToO.”
@@SadEyes1412 ones who poison starlings certainly are, because, it's really impossible to avoid collateral damage.
For rare species even death of one individual makes a sence.
So you're suggesting homicide to control population. Got it.
The fact that sterlings are so destructive is unfortunate. I truly feel bad for everyone who lost a loved one in the plane crashes and for all of the farmers losing crops and feed, but that does not make sterlings evil. Like us, they're just birds doing what God created them to do, SURVIVE.
Hallelujah amen!
22 cal. shot shell
Chest shot quick dispatch
LET THE CATS ROAM! FREE THE ROBINS! SAVE THE BLUE JAYS.
I adore them. They can do much more good than harm, we just have to protect our gardens from overexploatation from their side.
I just shoot them.
They do way much more harm then good 👍
@@nanjemoymaryland873 I guess You need to educate Yourself a bit more
@@nanjemoymaryland873 Just like your Grey Squirrels here in the U.K and Europe
@@nanjemoymaryland873 poison do more harm, than good, that's why no bird poison is legal in Russia, Germany and East Europe, really no any avicides registered for use in these countries.
I kill these flying rats by the dozen in my yard every spring. When they finally leave my yard all of the songbirds come back. Just took out four fledglings this morning.
every winter im at war with these birds.. from my chimney to gutters they love chimney shoots here in texas ....after the hellish summer heat and fall comes they invade homes, sheds, barns,, wherever they can to nest up for winter...YES they are destructive ,,YES they are violent and fight over mates..,...if u let them occupy your home with nest shame on u they chirp loud and fight you will hear them rumbling in your chimney these birds are not pleasent......ive spent hundreds on fully automatic air rifles and pump bb guns because of this particular bird i win the battles but the war far from over