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> rec.birds #17705
> From: jane at unm.edu (jane rossman lytle)
> Subject: Seattle bird question
> Date: Sat Jan 07 15:12:28 PST 1995
> Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

> Hi folks - several weeks ago I heard a blip on NPR's
> "All Things Considered" about the starlings in a park
> near downtown Seattle that had become a "nuisance" and
> the city had decided to encourage to depart for somewhere
> else. Can anyone tell me if they were sucessful in
> routing the birds? They were spose to be doing it in
> an unharmful manner - such as using distress calls over
> loud speakers etc.... Anyway, I'm wondering how (and if)
> they were sucessful.
> Thanks for any info you can give me.
> Jane

> Article: 17724 of rec.birds
> From: "t.r." <tanjo at delphi.com>
> Newsgroups: rec.birds
> Subject: Re: Seattle bird question
> Date: 8 Jan 1995 10:03:55 GMT
> Organization: Seanet Online Services, Seattle WA
> Message-ID: <3eodab$4ir at kaleka.seanet.com>

> A post-er asked about the anti-starling offensive in Seattle's
> Occidental Park...

> I work for a news organization here & we covered that a couple
> months ago. One night, there was a perception of
> "success," as a population estimated at 10,000 starlings
> was down to about 1,000.

> I'm not certain if that has held, considering the starlings
> seem to be out in even more force in neighborhoods like mine
> these past few weeks ... even trying to take over a supposedly
> starling-proof feeder!

> But for what it's worth, there was no lethal action of any sort
> taken, and I believe the city crews have pretty much moved on
> to other concerns.

> t.r.