Posted: 10/15/2006 7:02:22 AM EDT
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Starlings, that is. I don't go in for torturing animals, but starlings are a nuisance species that were dumped into the U.S. by some moronic Shakespeare lover (not kidding, look up the history) before people understood what devastation exotic species could wreck on native species. The starling is competing with and wiping out our native bluebirds and purple martins. Destroying all the starlings (just as, sadly, we did to the passenger pigeons a century ago) would actually be a good thing. I saw a huge flock of the damn things whiel driving back from KCR yesterday. After a morning of watching flamethrowers and machine guns, I was thinking. How sensitive are birds eyes to light? Any particular frequency more sensitive? Could one of the new battlefield blinding lasers (like the Chinese are fielding) be used to burn the little fuckers' eyes out while they're flocking? Meanwhile, I am thinking of setting up a radio-controlled BB gun on my deck and spreading cat food around. I should be able to get a few every day. Every little bit helps. |
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Yup. Some idiot thought that North America should have every bird mentioned in W.S. works. Starlings are evil little fuckers. And weired, too: See this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfkexGdmmQk ETA: Here's one that mimics pretty well www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcRfBU59LhM |
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BAAAAAAAAAAAANNN HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You'll never learn will you? You cant say that! The coc (pronounced Cock) is there for all our safety. Unless you embrace the coc and learn to love it you will always be bad. I know the coc is hard, but its hard for a reason and its hard for all of us. Obey the COC! If you do you will never be unhappy, if you love the coc you shall be forever hereafter gay*! * circa 1920's meaning of the word you perv! NOw excuse me but my cat is bothering me. If i dont let my pussy out by lunch time it will bother me all day until i scratch it. |
I love the CoC. I just hate starlings. Can I pet your pussy? 
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 No one touches my pussy unless they they show they truly love the coc first!OH great! It's raining here, now i've got a wet pussy! There is nothing worse than having a wet pussy around when yourr trying to get people to love the Coc, its just too much of a distraction. 
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My dad has an orchard and we have killed thousands (a couple of years ago he caught over 800 in one summer) of starlings using a trap similar to this:  His doesn't have the catch box or baffle, typically we just put the dogs in there and they take care of the starlings (and sometimes magpies), otherwise you just go in and grab them and kill them with your hands. A .22 bird shot doesn't tear up the chicken wire, but a .45 Auto does  .Edit for spelling and to add We bait it with apples and/or dog food. Also I agree that starlings are a huge pest and should be erradicated. |
WOW just WOW! Birds check in, but they don't check out! That's pretty neat. Also pretty big, what, around six feet by eight feet? |
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As a supervisor at Frito-Lay's largest plant (Indiana), it was my responsibility to wield the dreaded Cosssman pellet gun to repel the hordes of invading starlings. They loved to congregate to the waste chip bin, especially in the winter. On one day, I killed over 40 of the buggers.  One particularly funny kill was a wing shot, where the starling fell and began running along the back wall. It saw one of those large steel rat traps and ran straight for the hole. It got its head inside the hole and the door slid shut, snapping it's neck. 
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I concur.
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