Are Bird watchers a little crazy? They luv some,but kill others.Whats the difference,can't same apply to peopl

Question

Law protects the purple martin, being native to this continent, but not the English house sparrow and European starling. It is perfectly legal to trap and/or shoot them. Most birding societies and wildlife federations promote these actions because starlings and house sparrows are taking a devastating toll on our native-cavity nesting birds.

Answer 1

Starlings and House Sparrows (also called English Sparrows) do cause huge problems for native North American birds. Its not just Purple Martins, but any bird that nests in a cavity, like bluebirds, wrens, woodpeckers and many others. Both House Sparrows and European Starlings will kill both parents and young to get access to the nest cavity.

Both these species, along with Rock Pigeons were introduced by well meaning people who missed their native birds from Europe. This was attempted with a few other species as well, but not successfully. Because they are not part of the natural ecology its difficult for our native birds to deal with them.

I do not think "most" birding societies encourage the killing of these birds, though individuals in these societies do. I do know that most people with Purple Martin and Bluebird houses will keep House Sparrows from nesting by using special baffles on the nest holes and throwing out any nests the sparrows build. A few that I know do trap and kill the sparrows. It may seem cruel, but humans caused the disruption, so we need to figure out how to solve the problem.

Answer 2

I agree with sngcanary, these birds are a huge threat to the survival of native species. I think most bird watchers are also environmentalist and they appreciate and respect nature, and when humans have caused a problem that interferes with nature or the balance of nature, we feel we have to fix the problem we caused. I don't think any birdwatchers go around actually killing birds, but I don't think many of them are oppossed to seeing these birds removed by trapping, etc.

Answer 3

I dont know any bird watchers that kill anything. In general, bird watchers appreciate all birds. They might not go ga-ga over a starling but they dont harm them. Bird watchers are generally bird lovers.

Answer 4

those birds belong to the Corvidae relatives and are got here across around the worldwide. the excellence between crows and ravens is in simple terms to do with their call, all of them belong to the comparable genus (Corvus) so as meaning they are genetically very comparable. In Europe ravens are extra advantageous than crow species yet in Australia that's the alternative. So there are no regulations i'm able to discover to control why one is a named a raven and yet another is a crow.