Fox News: Exotic Invasive Species - Starlings

[Silverbolt8]

Destructive birds? Like Cowbirds that NEVER ever raise their young but instead destroy other birds eggs then let the other birds raise their young-often rare birds like Indigo Buntings.Starlings nest are rarely where other birds use.Kill Jays? No Jays kill others baby birds!Kill Starlings and raise the amount of insecticides used on crops and so increase the spread of cancers and genetic damage.Maybe the true invasive species,non-native mankind will be gone and the US will be a far better place!

[soggywallet]

God damn it I hate humanity. Waltz in and destroy the earth, punch holes in the o-zone. Kill birds that (in my view) are protecting the ecosystem by causing havoc in cities. I'm with you Starlings, here in england you don't cause one problem obviously they don't like Americans.

[zyrie]

@soggywallet They're native to Europe. They're not native to the United States. They were introduced into the United States in 1870 and since then have spread all across the United States. They are affecting our habitats here because they are fighting with our native species for food and nests. They kill off our native Blue Jays all the time. Of course they are not a problem in Europe but in the US they need to be exterminated. 

[Silverbolt8]

WE are to plame for them being here...the issue is that now they are here since they are Softbills they eat tons of insects...NOT seed...Is it better to spray toxic crap? The Starlings I have seen are always nesting in places that other birds would never ever nest in... The use of toxins to kill these birds is indescriminant, it kills other Native bird...Grackles, Red Wing Blackbirds,etc...

[zyrie]

@Silverbolt8 Starlings take over nesting cativities used by Blue Jays, various Woodpeckers, purple martins, etc all the time.

[juglanscinerea]

Passenger Pigeons, our beloved extinct native, used to block out the noon sun when their massive flocks flew overhead.

There were 3-5 BILLION of them in the 1700s, and the birds were twice as large as European Starlings, of which there are a paltry 200 MILLION today.

Do we expect nature to be a nice, orderly garden? Do we expect it to stand still, even as we physically disturb it?

Why do the exotic species take it in the teeth from the government when natives do the exact same things????

[TheGarrettDressler]

I shoot them at the ranch.

[Naminefan14]

Hi! Awesome video. :) I'm doing Starling's for a sience project and this video really helped me. Thanks. ;)