[Hot Tabasco]

I hope they were Grackles.

We've got starlings here in Michigan and at times they flock by the thousands.......

[reagan_fanatic]

We've got starlings here in Michigan and at times they flock by the thousands

Gad, I HATE those birds. I had to stop putting out suet for the songbirds because the Starlings would empty the suet baskets within hours.

I did try to get even with them though - I set up a suet basket on my tree and placed a 10x2 board in front for them to land on. I then placed two bare electrical wires about an 1/8" apart on the board, and run the wiring into my house where I plugged it into a switched outlet by the window.

When the Starlings would light on the perch, I would flip the switch and give the little bastards a jolt.

While I certainly enjoyed their squawks when I hit the juice, even that didn't keep them away.