Pappy348 & 10gauge:
I wonder where these Starlings nest?
They seem to spend all of the normal birds nesting season flying around all day in large flocks and eating?
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy
VarmintGuy,
They tend to be cavity nesters. They'll use knotholes in barn/shed walls, bluebird boxes, wood duck boxes as noted in the other post, holes in trees, wherever they can fit.
Pains at times, but also seem to be crazy good bug catchers when they have young. I put out scratch and bird seed for the quail and pheasants and the starlings don't even bother it when they have kids. I see them going into a nest hole with grasshoppers, beetles, worms, everything they can catch. Like many other invasives they so some good , unlike stinking puncture vine!!!
I wish you good luck with your hunting. Do you have cows in the area? Perhaps one of those cow cutout "decoys" used by antelope hunters might get you closer.
Geno
