Comments on: Starlings have taken over the bird feeders http://birdtablenews.com/2007/08/06/starlings-have-taken-over-the-bird-feeders/ A chat about all types of birdlife visiting my garden - plus advice and information on bird feeding and bird care. Mon, 1 Dec 2008 18:55:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: admin http://birdtablenews.com/2007/08/06/starlings-have-taken-over-the-bird-feeders/#comment-51 admin Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:21:12 +0000 http://birdtablenews.com/2007/08/06/starlings-have-taken-over-the-bird-feeders/#comment-51 Thanks for that Shirley. Any help and advice would be great. I've been feeding birds for years and have never had so many starlings. The leaves on trees near the bird feeders and on the hedges where they are roosting are covered in their white droppings. they are taking over and frightening other birds away. What I can't understand is - why now, why this year? Why in my garden? I was once told that one day there would only be rats, starlings and nettles left in the countryside. What a horrible thought. Trisha Thanks for that Shirley. Any help and advice would be great. I’ve been feeding birds for years and have never had so many starlings. The leaves on trees near the bird feeders and on the hedges where they are roosting are covered in their white droppings. they are taking over and frightening other birds away. What I can’t understand is - why now, why this year? Why in my garden? I was once told that one day there would only be rats, starlings and nettles left in the countryside. What a horrible thought. Trisha

]]> By: Shirl http://birdtablenews.com/2007/08/06/starlings-have-taken-over-the-bird-feeders/#comment-50 Shirl Sat, 11 Aug 2007 12:21:48 +0000 http://birdtablenews.com/2007/08/06/starlings-have-taken-over-the-bird-feeders/#comment-50 Hi Trisha, Thanks for visiting my gardenwatch blog – I will reply to your comment tomorrow :-) I see you have had problems of large numbers of Starlings too. I have written a couple of posts with some video footage too that you might be interested in. You are definitely not alone! You will find my posts at http://blog.shirlsgardenwatch.co.uk/2007/01/bird-wars.html and http://blog.shirlsgardenwatch.co.uk/2007/01/invasion-of-starlings.html Hi Trisha,

Thanks for visiting my gardenwatch blog – I will reply to your comment tomorrow :-)

I see you have had problems of large numbers of Starlings too. I have written a couple of posts with some video footage too that you might be interested in. You are definitely not alone!

You will find my posts at http://blog.shirlsgardenwatch.co.uk/2007/01/bird-wars.html and http://blog.shirlsgardenwatch.co.uk/2007/01/invasion-of-starlings.html

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