Time to brush the dust off those pellet guns and get to work cleaning up an invasive species. Cow birds make for good target practice around my house. 
Spring is here, open season on cowbirds
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remodeler1
Active Member
Cow birds aren't an invasive species.
- Dec 27, 2012
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What is a cow bird and why should I shoot it?
plinkerton
Ultimate Member
They lay their eggs in other birds nests and crowd out the young of more desirable birds, including a couple of endangered species.
So they're 'illegal alien' birds.
remodeler1
Active Member
They're a native species & have a place in the ecosystem. IMHO.
HoCoShooter
Ultimate Member
Because cowbirds are native to the U.S., they are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and in most instances it is unlawful to use lethal control without a permit, including the removal of their eggs from a nest
https://nestwatch.org/learn/general-bird-nest-info/brown-headed-cowbirds/
https://nestwatch.org/learn/general-bird-nest-info/brown-headed-cowbirds/
European Starlings are really an invasive species. Kill the heck out of them.
HoCoShooter
Ultimate Member
And English / House sparrows - Kill 'em all.
- Dec 27, 2012
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Maybe the mothers of those birds should peck holes in the cow bird eggs and solve their own problems without dragging me into their fight.
remodeler1
Active Member
Yes, European Starlings & English House Sparrows are the most common invasive bird species cited in our region
This x100
Muleskinner
Ultimate Member
Starlings are the worst. they breed 3 times more than most birds and fly in huge flocks devouring anything they can find to eat. They are supposedly edible and taste good but i've never bothered to try. We use to fire into flocks of them and leave them lay for fox bait.
Stole my thunder on all counts. I don't like cowbirds either, but they are native as all get out.
...Although I know of people who have been known to remove cowbird eggs from warbler, Carolina wren, Carolina chickadee, cardinal, and chipping sparrow nests...
Well, they are invasive to me anyway. 
SRD
R.I.P.
So Cow birds are Bullies? 
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