[Jhensy]

The balance sheet is still hugely in their favor:

1 American Robin vs. 1 billion European Starlings.

Shoot a starling today. Your brightly colored neighborhood songbird will thank you tomorrow.

[filbert]

I thought I was the only one who truly despised starlings. Horrible little creatures.

Now grackles...I like grackles...

[grellis]

I have a problem, kind of, with another import from overseas--the house sparrow. They used to make me kind of nuts, the way they hog the feeder, until I noticed that they drew daily visits from an American Kestrel--a "sparrowhawk." The kestrel stops by for lunch every afternoon. I have also seen Red-tailed Hawks and, recently, a Northern Harrier (pretty uncommon for a downtown) snacking on the sparrows.

There's usually a bigger bird just around the corner!

[general_re]

The balance sheet is still hugely in their favor:

1 American Robin vs. 1 billion European Starlings.

Perhaps, but our own agents on the Continent are enjoying remarkable success as well ;)

[old3030]

Amen on the starlings. They frequent the pasture in front of my house. Nothing like relaxing on the front porch in the evening with a glass of tea and one of my .22 rimfires. The otherwise nasty, obtrusive starling makes an excellent reactive target.