Plus it's illegal to kill them.  They are native birds, protected by
Migratory Bird laws.

Everybody has to eat!  Don't blame them for that...

John

On Jun 23, 2008, at 5:56 PM, Steve Cagan wrote:

> Don't shoot them; send them over here to eat all the House Sparrows
> that
> drive away other birds.
>
>
> on 6/23/08 4:48 PM, Dietz at [log in to unmask] wrote:
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>> I do have Grackles in the back yard, is it legal to shoot them??
>>
>> As to what kind of Sprrows, they looked like House sparrows to me.
>>
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>> Gary
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