On (04 Apr 98) Brenda Crawford wrote to all...
 BC> Does anyone know how to get rid of black birds without doing
   > harm to other bird species.  The black birds around here are
   > awful. And there are hundreds of them.  They take the seed
   > I put out for the other birds and also scare away the other
   > birds.  I really hate these pests.
   >  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Nothing constructive. I get lots of blackbirds, but they're 
never in my feeder. They go for the bread I throw out. Maybe you 
should get some mockingbirds tho. I get a kick out of watching 
them drive off the blackbirds. The mockingbirds never go for the 
seed, they just don't want the blackbirds around. It looks like 
Snoopy and the Red Baron, seeing them "fight" in the air. It 
really isn't a fight, since the mockingbirds are on the attack 
and the blackbirds are running away.
The mockingbirds don't bother the cardinals or doves. They just 
hate the blackbirds.
BTW: There was an article in the paper a couple weeks ago, 
saying that a birdfeeder should be occasionally washed out with 
hot soapy water and chlorine. It said that birds have been 
dying from salmonella poisoning from contaminated bird feeders.
Jimvee 
 
... Hummingbirds never remember the words to the song
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