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Starlings.

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  • #32
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,584 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    Outlaw Pete wrote: »
    Is there a Sinn Fein councillor in your area?


    Starlings are very aggressive birds. And they flock in THOUSANDS. Too much for SF.


  • #33
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,584 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    decky1 wrote: »
    hmmmm 'Murmuration' never heard that word?:eek:
    flock of starlings.



  • #34
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,365 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    flock of starlings.


    Flock of seagulls is much better

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIpfWORQWhU


  • #35
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,513 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    I put bird food out and usually it’s eaten really quickly by starlings. They’re not around the last few weeks though. Do they migrate?


  • #36
    Bob Harris
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    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    I put bird food out and usually it’s eaten really quickly by starlings. They’re not around the last few weeks though. Do they migrate?

    They're all in the OP's garden.


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  • #37
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,584 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    Flock of seagulls is much better

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIpfWORQWhU


    Please tell me you only chose them because of the joke. Cuz otherwise ....




  • #38
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,365 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    Please tell me you only chose them because of the joke. Cuz otherwise ....



    The song is great as well.


  • #39
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,584 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    Bob Harris wrote: »
    They're all in the OP's garden.

    You know they can sense human pheromones.


  • #40
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,584 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    The song is great as well.


    :confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:

    I have ears you know.


  • #41
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,365 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    :confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:

    I have ears you know.

    and how i have delighted them this morning. You're welcome.


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  • #42
    Feisar
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    Get one of those imitation hawks in flight on a wire, doesn't that do the job?

    First they came for the socialists...



  • #43
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,584 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    least this thread is more interesting than the politics threads ..REAL issues that matter!


  • #44
    Deebles McBeebles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,969 ✭✭✭Deebles McBeebles


    Starlings are baby stars, right?


  • #45
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,584 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    Deebles McBeebles wrote: »
    Starlings are baby stars, right?
    Total wannabees really ;)


  • #46
    EICVD
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    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    And what kills the sparrowhawk?

    A Golden eagle?

    He will never be able to use his garden again

    Then comes the farmer with the shotgun


  • #47
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,584 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    biko wrote: »
    Get Hannibal Lecter

    Anyone who likes Bach cannot be all bad.



  • #48
    decky1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 974 ✭✭✭decky1


    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.

    bit heavy [staffordshire] according to 'Kneemos' he's over fed.:rolleyes:


  • #49
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,584 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    decky1 wrote: »
    bit heavy [staffordshire] according to 'Kneemos' he's over fed.:rolleyes:


    Anti-Bird spray. ;)

    You can spray it on trees etc. Its usually non toxic so it will not kill them just keep them away.

    Also remove any other food sources.

    You can actually TRY making your own bird repellent with fizzy water and lots of strong chilli powder in a spray bottle.

    Gradually in a day or so they will stop coming It may not happen over night.

    Failing that use a lure to get a sparrow hawk and then get a goat to kill the sparrowhawk and a lion to kill the goat!


  • #50
    decky1
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    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    Anti-Bird spray. ;)

    You can spray it on trees etc. Its usually non toxic so it will not kill them just keep them away.

    Also remove any other food sources.

    think i may go for the plastic hawk and see how that works,:cool:


  • #51
    Deebles McBeebles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,969 ✭✭✭Deebles McBeebles


    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    Failing that use a lure to get a sparrow hawk and then get a goat to kill the sparrowhawk and a lion to kill the goat!

    Start saving now for the tank, don't want to be messing around when that lion starts to turn due to lack of goats.


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  • #52
    sbsquarepants
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    My garden is full of birds, mostly crows but some non bastard ones too!

    There's this 1 particular starling who thinks he lives with us, he comes into the house at least 10 times a week. If the door is closed, he'll stand on the window sill looking in for 10 -15 minutes sometimes, even if you open the window while he's on the sill he'll stay put as often as not. I had him eating scrambled eggs off a teaspoon in my hand the other day.

    I like the cut of his gib!:D


  • #53
    Dtp1979
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    I had this exact issue. I bought a basic water sprinkler with motion sensor. Anytime they landed the water spray sent them away. After a week or so, the word on the street was out to the other starlings and they never came back


  • #54
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,584 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    sbsquarepants wrote: »
    My garden is full of birds, mostly crows but some non bastard ones too!

    There's this 1 particular starling who thinks he lives with us, he comes into the house at least 10 times a week. If the door is closed, he'll stand on the window sill looking in for 10 -15 minutes sometimes, even if you open the window while he's on the sill he'll stay put as often as not. I had him eating scrambled eggs off a teaspoon in my hand the other day.

    I like the cut of his gib!:D


    That's how my grandad got his ones! They were all wild originally.


  • #55
    Dial Hard
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    decky1 wrote: »
    think i may go for the plastic hawk and see how that works,:cool:

    Stop leaving the dog food outside too. It'll attract rats eventually.


  • #56
    JustAThought
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    Sad character that i am I bought a seagull a tin of sardines the other week - it looked starving and was injured. :( it gobbled them up.

    Starlings are actually on the red danger list for going extinct because of loss of habitats and poisoning. Leave them enjoy their dog nosh. And maybe feed the dog a little less.what flavour dogfood are they eating?It would be wierd if it was bird/chicken :0


  • #57
    Deebles McBeebles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,969 ✭✭✭Deebles McBeebles


    sbsquarepants wrote: »
    My garden is full of birds, mostly crows but some non bastard ones too!

    There's this 1 particular starling who thinks he lives with us, he comes into the house at least 10 times a week. If the door is closed, he'll stand on the window sill looking in for 10 -15 minutes sometimes, even if you open the window while he's on the sill he'll stay put as often as not. I had him eating scrambled eggs off a teaspoon in my hand the other day.

    I like the cut of his gib!:D

    Ah leave the poor crows alone :D I love how smart they are.

    Had a robin who was very similar to your starling in my last house. Used to sneak up on me while I was cleaning up the dog sh*t and scare the bejesus out of me. Friendly little fella though. He is missed.

    No idea what sex it was btw, I always just called him a he.


  • #58
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,584 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    JustAThought wrote: »
    Sad character that i am I bought a seagull a tin of sardines the other week - it looked starving and was injured. :( it gobbled them up.

    Starlings are actually on the red danger list for going extinct because of loss of habitats and poisoning. Leave them enjoy their dog nosh. And maybe feed the dog a little less.what flavour dogfood are they eating?It would be wierd if it was bird/chicken :0
    awh! You're so cute!

    Its not sad its adorable!


  • #59
    Boom_Bap
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    Worzel.gif


  • #60
    Oasis1974
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭Oasis1974


    Isn't there **** supposed to be like acid or something? It can kill if eaten and corrode metal that's why there hated I read somewhere.


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  • #61
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,365 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Oasis1974 wrote: »
    Isn't there **** supposed to be like acid or something? It can kill if eaten and corrode metal that's why there hated I read somewhere.

    apaprently it is very corrosive.


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