Starlings.

decky1 · 13-06-2019 09:10PM #1

anyone any ideas how to keep these out of my garden? their coming in their droves to try to get the dogs food, i can't shoot them i'm in a built up area,tried to cover dogs food but now they've got the taste for it they won't leave.

biko · 13-06-2019 09:11PM

Get Hannibal Lecter

s7ryf3925pivug · 13-06-2019 09:13PM

remove dog's uneaten food

Wheety · 13-06-2019 09:15PM

Lead them in a murmuration to somewhere else.

SEPT 23 1989 · 13-06-2019 09:15PM

Your dog needs to wise up

decky1 · 13-06-2019 09:17PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Your dog needs to wise up

think they've got fed up chasing them away,

Outlaw Pete · 13-06-2019 09:18PM

Is there a Sinn Fein councillor in your area?

decky1 · 13-06-2019 09:19PM

Wheety wrote: »

Lead them in a murmuration to somewhere else.

hmmmm 'Murmuration' never heard that word?:eek:

buried · 13-06-2019 09:19PM

Feed the sparrows.

Sparrows bring the Sparrowhawk.

Sparrowhawk will kill them all.

Profit.

decky1 · 13-06-2019 09:21PM

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Is there a Sinn Fein councillor in your area?

yes but we only see them every few years, when the posters go up and they call to see if there is anything they can do for us.:P

SEPT 23 1989 · 13-06-2019 09:22PM

buried wrote: »

Feed the sparrows.

Sparrows bring the Sparrowhawk.

Sparrowhawk will kill them all.

Profit.

And what kills the sparrowhawk?

A Golden eagle?

He will never be able to use his garden again

decky1 · 13-06-2019 09:23PM

buried wrote: »

Feed the sparrows.

Sparrows bring the Sparrowhawk.

Sparrowhawk will kill them all.

Profit.

good idea, seen a plastic sparrow hawk on some straw bales a while ago , might do the trick.;)

stratowide · 13-06-2019 09:24PM

Fly fly away little starlings fly fly fly.

kneemos · 13-06-2019 09:25PM

If your dog is leaving food behind he must be overfed.
Never seem a dog that didn't inhale everything put in front of him.

corner of hells · 13-06-2019 09:33PM

Have you tried throwing your dog at the starlings ?

Obviously a smaller dog will easier to throw , but don't rule out throwing your dog off a roof top.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 13-06-2019 09:35PM

corner of hells wrote: »

Have you tried throwing your dog at the starlings ?

Obviously a smaller dog will easier to throw , but don't rule out throwing your dog off a roof top.

I was thinking a dog gun and a box of chihuahuas. It'd be like the Centipede scene in Pixels!

Mam of 4 · 13-06-2019 09:37PM

corner of hells wrote: »

Have you tried throwing your dog at the starlings ?

Obviously a smaller dog will easier to throw , but don't rule out throwing your dog off a roof top.

Lol

Fracture · 13-06-2019 09:41PM

poison the food, to make sure you do it right you should put the poison in before the dog eats it.

buried · 13-06-2019 09:42PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

And what kills the sparrowhawk?

A Golden eagle?

He will never be able to use his garden again

Yank Eagle's won't f**k with the yellow eyed Queen of the daytime sky.

Sparrowhawks don't get got. Sparrowhawks go get.

corner of hells · 13-06-2019 09:45PM

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

I was thinking a dog gun and a box of chihuahuas. It'd be like the Centipede scene in Pixels!

You're no ordinary princess, sure you're not.

s7ryf3925pivug · 13-06-2019 10:32PM

Changing dog food would also work. Look up what starlings eat and get dog food that doesn't have it.

We've been getting mobbed by sparrows and some starlings since changing the bird seed. They crowded out the chaffinches, bullfinches and blue tits that had occupied our garden. Much preferred the latter.

Seamai · 13-06-2019 10:39PM

decky1 wrote: »

hmmmm 'Murmuration' never heard that word?:eek:

You may have seen it though.

Tuco88 · 14-06-2019 07:50AM

A light Anti Aircraft gun?

Atoms for Peace · 14-06-2019 08:02AM

An 88mm FLAK 36 should suffice.

Bob Harris · 14-06-2019 08:05AM

Get one of those dummy bird of prey decoys and stick it on the shed.

Deebles McBeebles · 14-06-2019 08:12AM

Real answer: Feed dog at set times, remove bowl when finished. And get a bird feeder to keep the birds happy.

AH answer: Blast them with piss.

dmc17 · 14-06-2019 08:13AM

buried wrote: »

Feed the sparrows.

Sparrows bring the Sparrowhawk.

Sparrowhawk will kill them all.

Profit.

Also, it will give a sense of enormous well-being and you'll be happy for the rest of the day

weldoninhio · 14-06-2019 08:59AM

Let your dog eat its food indoors??

pjohnson · 14-06-2019 09:25AM

decky1 wrote: »

anyone any ideas how to keep these out of my garden? their coming in their droves to try to get the dogs food, i can't shoot them i'm in a built up area,tried to cover dogs food but now they've got the taste for it they won't leave.

send in Chinese needle snakes to eat them, followed by snake-eating gorillas, which will "simply freeze to death" when wintertime rolls around

rom · 14-06-2019 09:30AM

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ILoveYourVibes · 14-06-2019 09:33AM

My grandad used to keep starlings ...i know how to get rid of them but not telling.

Starlings.

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