Who knows their birds?

m0rtal

m0rtal

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I was hearing some weird ass noises coming from the water heater vent this morning and didn't know what was going on. Eventually I assumed it was a bird because I thought I heard wings flapping. I was going crazy trying to figure out where it was exactly but the sound kind of echoed through the vent pipe so it was hard to tell.

I stuck my hand inside the chimney and eventually this little guy showed up. Guess he got stuck in there somehow. I didn't have a screen on the damn chimney (I know my fault) and that's how he got in I guess. He has been set free. Anyone know what bird this is?

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Looks like a starling which are nasty fuckers. We used to shoot them with a 4-10 shotgun.


[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]Common Name: European Starling, Common Starling, Purple-winged Starling

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They kill other birds and take over their nest.


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shindig said:
Looks like a starling which are nasty fuckers. We used to shoot them with a 4-10 shotgun.


[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]Common Name: European Starling, Common Starling, Purple-winged Starling

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They kill other birds and take over their nest.


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Thanks. But please don't shoot them anymore =(
 
m0rtal said:
Thanks. But please don't shoot them anymore =(
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I shoot them too. They are not native to North America and are considered a nuisance species in the United States. They chase the other birds away from our bird feeders and just few of them will eat an entire suet block in a day.
 
For those saying it's a pest...it's most likely the fault of humans that they've made it over here to begin with...I just see humans as the pest now in these situations. Should be a humane way to deal with this if it's an issue :/
 
m0rtal said:
For those saying it's a pest...it's most likely the fault of humans that they've made it over here to begin with...I just see humans as the pest now in these situations. Should be a humane way to deal with this if it's an issue :/
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This asshat released 60 of them in Central Park back in 1890.

Eugene Schieffelin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There is estimated to be 200 million+ now in the United States. They are really aggressive towards the native birds and take over their nesting holes.
 
Starlings are fucking awesome.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH-groCeKbE]starlings on Otmoor - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YadP3w7vkJA&feature=related"]Mesmerizing Starlings - Rome - YouTube[/ame]

(although possibly not as an alien species. But consider them our revenge on you for the fucking Grey Squirrel :2gunsfiring_v1:)
 
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