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hunter

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19. When they first arrived here in California I thought of them as just another invasive species.

Reply to femmocrat (Original post)

Wed Feb 24, 2016, 11:14 AM

Feb 2016

But then they ate up all the snails, another invasive species that's even worse.

So we get along now as fellow invasive species.

If starlings are bad in North America, humans are far, far worse.

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Does anyone else dislike starlings? [View all] femmocrat Feb 2016 OP

Had a tree full of them when I was a kid. My dad had to open an umbrella to get to his car. Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2016 #1

Many years ago a co-worker was working under a communications tower Major Nikon Feb 2016 #3

Gross! femmocrat Feb 2016 #5

European starlings and house sparrows are both invasive species Major Nikon Feb 2016 #2

I gave up my blue bird house for that reason. femmocrat Feb 2016 #4

I take mine down in the summer till the next spring Major Nikon Feb 2016 #6

A few starlings were in my yard this morning. In_The_Wind Feb 2016 #7

whenever someone says a species is disgusting and taking over an area greymouse Feb 2016 #8

Thank you. narnian60 Feb 2016 #9

You could have grackles instead. hobbit709 Feb 2016 #10

I kind of like the grackles. femmocrat Feb 2016 #14

We have them year round here in Austin. hobbit709 Feb 2016 #15

So that is where they go! LOL femmocrat Feb 2016 #16

I keep bottle rockets around pintobean Feb 2016 #11

Passionately! lastlib Feb 2016 #12

I don't know if it was starlings, or what, kentauros Feb 2016 #13

In SoCal, could those be the shiny black birds with like yellow sequins for eyes? Iggo Feb 2016 #17

Not sure... I'm in the eastern half of the country. femmocrat Feb 2016 #18

When they first arrived here in California I thought of them as just another invasive species. hunter Feb 2016 #19

Their murmurations are magnificent TexasBushwhacker Feb 2016 #20