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How to Get Rid of Starlings

August 3, 2016 By Effective Wildlife Solutions Leave a Comment

European starling on post

If you don’t already know why we have European starlings here in the United States, it’s because in 1890 someone wanting to make European settlers feel at home released 60 European starlings (along with birds of all the other species mentioned in Shakespeare) in Central Park. They released 40 more the following year. While the other transplanted species soon perished, the resourceful, adaptable starlings spread throughout the continent within a … [Read more...]

Tagged With: bird house, European starlings, get rid of starlings, protect vents, roosting, starlings, vents

That Noise May Be a Bird in a Vent

March 10, 2014 By Effective Wildlife Solutions Leave a Comment

nesting material in duct

Whether you love birds or barely notice them, you’re not expected to love them nesting in the various exhaust vents of your home, rustling and chattering at the crack of dawn. But that’s exactly where cavity-nesting birds often look to make their nests. House sparrows and starlings are both widespread and numerous, after having been brought to North America where they were misguidedly and purposefully released. Unlike most wild birds, these “vent … [Read more...]

Tagged With: house sparrows, protect vents, starlings, vent, vent nesters, vents

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