2 Comments

  1. By George Hammond
    April 21, 2009 at 9:54 am | permalink

    bah. Stupid invasive non-native starlings. We have red-bellied woodpeckers in our neighborhood. More than once I’ve seen starlings drive the woodpeckers out of their nest holes and take them over.

  2. By Edward Vielmetti
    April 21, 2009 at 2:07 pm | permalink

    Here’s a recipe for starling pie (“four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie”).

    link to recipe source

    The filling:

    > Filling:
    > 4 and 20 starlings, plucked and dressed
    > Parsley
    > Sage
    > Rosemary
    > Thyme
    > Fennel seed
    > One turnip
    > One carrot
    > One stick of celery
    > 1/2 cup chicken broth
    > 1 teaspoon corn starch

    The recipe notes “Brian doesn’t say if you can substitute cowbirds for starlings…”