Getting rid of introduced species

[kj]

Paul F. wrote:
Spock;

When ranchers in the southwest, and Texas, stop charging hunters $500 per feral pig harvested on their property, I'll believe they are serious about wanting to eradicate them as a pest.

kj;
.22 air-rifle, good pair of binocs, good target identification... I'll bet if you harvest 20-30 of them in a day, you could make a very nice meat pie from starling "white meat". I'd use the word breast, but I'm guessing the new filter will censor it.

I would actually consider trying that if starlings didn't spend so much time in the sewage treatment plants.

As far as hunting them, people used to just shoot shotguns into the tree branches above them and it would rain starlings. Probably not a good idea now though. kj.