[NatureNS] starlings - bird feed seed treatment

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Regarding Starling populations.  I don=E2=80=99t know how much impact =
this would have, but in the U.S. there is a product called Starlicide =
that is used to kill of flocks of Starlings. that frequent feedlots or =
grain fields. Here=E2=80=99s a link to a wikipedia page about it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlicide =
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlicide>
It is the type of poison that was behind several incidents where there =
were sudden bird die-offs that were noticed by the public and ended up =
in news stories about birds falling from the sky, etc...  I probably =
witnessed a die-off a couple of years ago on my way home from Arizona.  =
In western Oklahoma, I stayed at a motel and then stopped at a nearby =
Walmart the next morning.  There were dead starlings all over the ground =
under every small ornamental tree planted around the perimeter of the =
parking lot.  I guess the poisoned birds flew to the trees to perch for =
the night (they were some of the only trees in the vicinity), then =
succumbed to poison and fell out of the trees onto the pavement.  A work =
crew was busy tossing them  into a truck to haul away.   I have read =
that  the government actually does kills of Starlings down there.  =20

Bev Wigney
Round Hill, NS



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class=3D"">All, &nbsp;<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">Regarding Starling populations. &nbsp;I don=E2=80=99t know =
how much impact this would have, but in the U.S. there is a product =
called Starlicide that is used to kill of flocks of Starlings. that =
frequent feedlots or grain fields. Here=E2=80=99s a link to a wikipedia =
page about it:</div><div class=3D""><a =
href=3D"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlicide" =
class=3D"">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlicide</a></div><div =
class=3D"">It is the type of poison that was behind several incidents =
where there were sudden bird die-offs that were noticed by the public =
and ended up in news stories about birds falling from the sky, etc... =
&nbsp;I probably witnessed a die-off a couple of years ago on my way =
home from Arizona. &nbsp;In western Oklahoma, I stayed at a motel and =
then stopped at a nearby Walmart the next morning. &nbsp;There were dead =
starlings all over the ground under every small ornamental tree planted =
around the perimeter of the parking lot. &nbsp;I guess the poisoned =
birds flew to the trees to perch for the night (they were some of the =
only trees in the vicinity), then succumbed to poison and fell out of =
the trees onto the pavement. &nbsp;A work crew was busy tossing them =
&nbsp;into a truck to haul away. &nbsp; I have read that &nbsp;the =
government actually does kills of Starlings down there. =
&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Bev=
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