How do i kill black birds?
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We have a couple of birds feeders to attract blue jays, orioles, cardinals, etc. but they all scatter when the black birds show up en masse to empty my feeders!
How do I go about getting rid of the black birds so the pretty, more colorful birds stay and are fed?
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Hopefully not kill them. Unfortunately all birds have the same idea when it comes to free food. I can't see a way to pick and choice which birds will come.
These are probably European starlings. Short of shooting them, you can't stop them. One suggestion was to empty the feeders for a week until them move on. However, they will eventually come back. Google 'european starlings invasive'. They are not native and they are a problem in that they are reducing the populations of our native song birds by competing for nesting sites. Audubon says " It's okay to hate them".
killing birds is not an option...only like the 'pretty ones'?...how sad
You don't get a choice. If you feed the birds, you feed whoever turns up, you don't get to pick and choose. Nature doesn't work that way. It's all or nothing. Just let them get their fill and they move on. I get red winged blackbirds. They do the same thing. I just put more seed out when they leave.
Put out one feeder with small holes for small seeds that only small birds can get it out. You can buy these at a bird store. Also another feeder close by for the other bigger birds if you want.