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  1. #21
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    Default Re: Does anybody catch and dispatch invasive birds? Starlings?

    I received my tomahawk starling trap yesterday. I put it out today. Caught 5 all at once. Probably would have caught more if i had left it out, but i was going out and didn't want to leave it unattended.

    I used peanut suet as bait. I used the cage of the trap like a cheese grater and left a bit extra at the entrance funnels. Took a few hours for them to find the trap. But so far I'm very impressed.

    -Zach

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    Default Re: Does anybody catch and dispatch invasive birds? Starlings?

    Quote Originally Posted by zachomega View Post
    I received my tomahawk starling trap yesterday. I put it out today. Caught 5 all at once. Probably would have caught more if i had left it out, but i was going out and didn't want to leave it unattended.

    I used peanut suet as bait. I used the cage of the trap like a cheese grater and left a bit extra at the entrance funnels. Took a few hours for them to find the trap. But so far I'm very impressed.

    -Zach
    And 15 more this morning.

    -Zach

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    Default Re: Does anybody catch and dispatch invasive birds? Starlings?

    Quote Originally Posted by zachomega View Post
    And 15 more this morning.

    -Zach
    Well that's enough for a meal. Heard they taste like chicken.

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    Default Re: Does anybody catch and dispatch invasive birds? Starlings?

    Quote Originally Posted by Knightshift View Post
    Well that's enough for a meal. Heard they taste like chicken.
    I'll be sure to ask the opossums, foxes, and skunks how they taste. They ate the 5 from yesterday overnight.

    -Zach

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    Default Re: Does anybody catch and dispatch invasive birds? Starlings?

    So u are just killing them to Kill them ?? I don't get it . .

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    Default Re: Does anybody catch and dispatch invasive birds? Starlings?

    Quote Originally Posted by RBELARDI View Post
    So u are just killing them to Kill them ?? I don't get it . .
    Because they are not native and invasive. Why do people kill lantern flies? Because they are destructive. So are starlings. They harm the native bird populations.

    -Zach

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    Default Re: Does anybody catch and dispatch invasive birds? Starlings?

    When cleaned starlings look like a small dove breast. Doves are tasty and probably eat the same things as starlings so I would say try it.


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    Default Re: Does anybody catch and dispatch invasive birds? Starlings?

    Quote Originally Posted by Delkal View Post
    When cleaned starlings look like a small dove breast. Doves are tasty and probably eat the same things as starlings so I would say try it.

    Definitely eat similar things. But not all the same. The starlings go for peanut suet, peanuts, and thistle. The doves go for thistle, and safflower.

    -Zach

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    Default Re: Does anybody catch and dispatch invasive birds? Starlings?

    Quote Originally Posted by zachomega View Post
    Because they are not native and invasive. Why do people kill lantern flies? Because they are destructive. So are starlings. They harm the native bird populations.

    -Zach
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    Default Re: Does anybody catch and dispatch invasive birds? Starlings?

    Quote Originally Posted by Knightshift View Post
    but for some reason the chickadees and titmice have been MIA.
    Same here in my area. Wonder what's going on. On a positive note, the starlings are MIA also.

    Bill

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