Without any desire to offend anyone,

Yes. It has to do with keeping them away from cavities and nest boxes at
study sites. They are dispatched as humanely as possible, generally with an
air rifle or manually, if I happen to catch one inside a box. And being
curious, not one to waste, and pretty liberal about food anyways, one thing
led to another......?

thanks,

Guy L. Monty
Parksville, BC


----- Original Message -----
From: "Johnson, Mary" <MJohnson at becu.org>
To: "Guy Monty" <glmonty at poecile.com>; <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 9:21 AM
Subject: RE: [Tweeters] RE: Mountain beavers and fried starling


Snork and hee! How come you have consumed so many European Starlings?
Is this an appropriate discussion for Tweeters? My apologies in advance
if it's not; I just have a feeling that I may not be the only who wants
to know more about Guy's unique method of starling eradication. As
harrassed as "my" box-nesting songbirds have been by House Sparrows and
European Starlings, it never occurred to me to eat the culprits. 8-P

Mary Johnson
Auburn, WA
mailto:mjohnson at becu.org

>I don't know about blackbirds, but I have eaten European Starlings,
>Guy L. Monty
>Parksville, BC



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