Amhuxt.439 net.rec.birds utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!wald Tue May 4 08:38:59 1982 spring and starling question nj is in full warble. Bluebirds or on eggs (or possibly chicks). A rose-breasted grosbeak spent 2 full days gorging out on our catalpa. And here I thought those cigars are only good for smoking. Question: I put up 2 screech owl houses (or at least that is the hole size) in Dec. No owls used it (nor Kestrals - and here I was planning on one owl and one Kestral). Now starlings are using it despite that I evict them once a week (once removing 5 eggs). I didn't close up the boxes since I thought that maybe grackles or other large birds might use the box (or at least a cowbird would parasitize the starlings). Anybody know anyway to discourage starlings or any reason that I shouldn't just board it up till next winter. Thanks Bob mhuxt!wald ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.