[dogsandbirds]

Welcome, Amy!

As you have found out, starlings can be a problem. They compete with native species for food and housing and most of the time will hog everything. What kinds of feed are you offering? Maybe that is what is attracting them. When nesting season begins they might try competing for any boxes you have, whether they can enter them or not. I don’t know how you feel about trapping them but it can be done. In any case, those starlings have to go!

Gin
Atlanta, GA

[dogsandbirds]

Agreed. Fred’s boxes are wonderful. You can’t go wrong with one of his.

Gin
Atlanta, GA

[dogsandbirds]

Tammy, she DID say that. She did! It’s somewhere in this thread. haha

Gin
Atlanta, GA

[dogsandbirds]

Gorgeous, Renee!

Gin
Atlanta, GA

[dogsandbirds]

Hi everybody! As usual, I am (un)fashionably late to the party. Things have been CRAZY here the last few weeks.

I have been birding since I was a child when my dad built and mounted boxes in our backyard. That’s more years ago than I care to think about! There is no time in my life for a trail, but I have hosted EABL, CACH, TUTI, BHNU and sadly a few HOWR have made attempts to nest in my boxes. No HOSP problems here but they are only a couple of miles away.

As a mod, I welcome all of you to this new place. Come on, spring!

Gin
Atlanta, GA

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