Ever Eat a Starling?

[cmgiscool]

So I saw some starlings in my yard today and tommorow theyre gonna meet my pellet gun. I got to thinking and am wondering if anyones ever tried starling? Any recipes?

[Lavid2002]

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...Leave the starlings alone...

[cmgiscool]

No I think im gonna shoot them. Theyre an invasive species and its encouraged by fish and game to kill them. Id rather not have them parasatise the nests of the birds I like.

[Brian Pfleuger]

I would shoot every one that I could get my sights on.

Yes, I consider them "shoot on sight".

Eat them, I would not. Would not consider it.

[briandg]

All you'll really have if you get one is the breasts. You pop out the breasts, and what will you get, about an ounce per bird?

I dunno, I can't imagine why they would be inedible, they eat like free range chickens. Maybe cook them up with a lot of garlic and onion to cover whatever, and maybe just a quick saute in olive oil.

When I was a teenager, I used to kill them all day during the migrations, and just left them in the woods. I'm sure they fed a lot of feral cats, possums, and raccoons.

[Irish80prf]

If I'm not mistaken Starlings are not something you would want to eat. I think they cab carry something like 30 different diseases and parasites. I've eaten a sparrow when I was a kid and from what I remember it wasn't to bad. My Mom said if I shoot it I eat it and well I shot it. Yeah I wouldn't feel one bit bad about nailing a couple dozen starlings.

[Irish80prf]

http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/PC_93049.html?s=1001

"It has been found in the United States of America that droppings accumulated beneath starling roosts act as a medium for the growth of a fungus (Histoplasma capsulatum) which is the causative agent of the disease Histoplasmosis in man. Starlings have been implicated in the transmission of 25 diseases including Psittacosis and other diseases of humans (Gautsch et al. 2000). In South Africa lice and mite parasites occur in large numbers within the nests of starlings and they can swarm into houses once the birds have left the nest resulting in public health issues for people."

[banditt007]

ahhh pop out the breast meat and see what it tastes like. worth a shot. I bet it tastes decent.

[cmgiscool]

Well i deffinatly plan on killing them. I guess no one has actually tried one huh?

[FrankenMauser]

Well i deffinatly plan on killing them. I guess no one has actually tried one huh?

Nope...

I usually just pop them in the neck with "way too much gun", and watch the head make a spectacular departure from the body.

Worms 'gotta eat too.

[zxcvbob]

You can feed 'em to the hogs.

[roy reali]

I grew up on a small farm. One of my tasks was to shoot "pest" birds. There were feral cats on the property and they would get the birds. Sometimes more then one cat would converge on a bird that just hit the ground. They would snarl at each other and even fight for the birds. At least for most birds.

One bird they didn't fight over was the Starling, they wouldn't even eat them. I guess that is saying something.

[animal]

This thread made me think of that old cereal commercial…

I’m not gonna try it … you try it …

but I doubt Mikey would like it in this case. … but go ahead and give us a report, Mikey… uh, cmgiscool

[barnetmill]

Is a starling a black bird?

Sing a song of sixpence,
A pocket full of rye.
Four and twenty blackbirds,
Baked in a pie.

When the pie was opened,
The birds began to sing;
Wasn't that a dainty dish,
To set before the king?

The king was in his counting house,
Counting out his money;
The queen was in the parlour,
Eating bread and honey.

The maid was in the garden,
Hanging out the clothes;
When down came a blackbird
And pecked off her nose.[1]

The final line of the fourth verse is sometimes slightly varied, with nose pecked or nipped off. One of the following additional verses is often added to moderate the ending:

They send for the king's doctor,
who sewed it on again;
He sewed it on so neatly,
the seam was never seen.[1]

or:

There was such a commotion,
that little Jenny wren;
Flew down into the garden,
and put it back again.[1]

[animal]

nope, and blackbird pie is pretty good. If you like chicken pot pie, you'd probably like it.

[mavracer]

You can feed 'em to the hogs.

And dem hogs is magic theys turn starling's into bacon

[markj]

Histoplasmosis

Can be from chickens, or the waters of the missippi and missouri rivers. That is why bleach is in the city water. I know a lot about this, I have it. Lung Xrays look like TB pics, left eye had one of them parasites come out in my very fine vision, had to have syrgery to get like 20% of my vision back in that eye. Many birds carry this parasite and concentrated levels of waste (poop) can be hazardous.

Resp therapists know of this one, my wife is one and when the eye Doc told me what I had she knew all about it. She is very smart cant figgur why she hangs around me tho...

[kodiakbeer]

In Italy, hunters shoot all birds large and small and they all get braised and eaten. If they're well cooked, you have nothing to fear.

[medalguy]

Ahhhhh, actually I've never been THAT hungry. Just sayin'.....:barf:

[SigP6Carry]

lemme put it this way: you ever eat a crow?

[TJH3781]

Clean the bird; stuff with fruit; & wrap in bacon.
Bake 1 hour @ 500 degrees on an Oak Plank.
Throw out the bird & eat the plank.

Old Southern Illinois Goose Recipe (JOKE).

[Prof Young]

Eat those starlings. I recall seeing a recipe in an out door's magazine. Sorry I can't remember.

Eat crow too. Go to the crowbuster's website and find the recipes. I've eaten and enjoyed a lot of crow-ka-bob. Marinate the breast meat in teryaki sause first.

Prof Young

[animal]

field crow is ok
leave the carrion crow alone

[HKFan9]

I would never eat them.....:barf:

I have shot starlings for as long as I can remember I owned a bb-gun. My father absolutely hates them, told me to shoot them on site. I feel like they are the sole reason I am really accurate with iron sights to this day.

[Wagonman]

Clarice?