Starlings

[lnr]

OK so why are the starlings in the roof suddenly so much noisier?

Cough kept me awake til 2, birds woke me up at 5, and they're *still* making a racket. Fortunately the futon is still up in the spare room, so I'm going to see if I can get more sleep there.

Is there much eating on a starling?

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[hoiho.livejournal.com]

OK so why are the starlings in the roof suddenly so much noisier?

Dunno, but the ones outside Hermitage were also being very noisy this morning.

Is there much eating on a starling?

Not a lot; I reckon that you'd have to eat them in multiples, like one does with quails.

[saraphale.livejournal.com]

Not a lot; I reckon that you'd have to eat them in multiples, like one does with quails.

Or like blackbirds, baked in a pie.

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

That definitely works. (I grew up in the countryside...)

In one of the Little House On The Prairie books (I think it's By The Shores Of Silver Lake but I haven't the energy to get up and check) Ma bakes blackbirds in a pie and they taste like slightly gamey chicken. Starlings don't. That's all you really need to know.

[senji.livejournal.com]

OK so why are the starlings in the roof suddenly so much noisier?

Mating season? (I know nothing about boids)

[antinomy.livejournal.com]

I suspect feeding of young season, myself. They'll just have started getting vocal.

[gnimmel.livejournal.com]

There was what appeared to be a teenage starling on my doorstep this morning, making very loud repetitive noises and generally driving the cat (who was shut inside) into a tail-swishing frenzy. Just when I thought it had fallen out of its nest and was in need of help it flew away :/
So yes, I guess it's starling family season. I've heard of people eating them but you'd have to have an awful lot to make a pie.

[keirf.livejournal.com]

May I recommend this link (http://www.visi.com/~wick/axe/broiled-starling-on-toast.html)?

[damerell.livejournal.com]

Picking up chicks again?