Heather Perring wrote 05/16/2009 04:47 PM Feeding Small Birds #239987 - 05/16/2009 04:47 PM
Heather Perring Webboard User Reg: 07-25-2008 Posts: 201 Loc: Offline	Just curious if it was ok to feed whole birds such as starlings and sparrows to our dogs? Perhaps pigeons as well. It's legal to trap them and we can shoot them as well, as long as we're out of the city. There are TONS of sparrows in my back yard and I was doing some reading here: ( Warning! There are some graphic pictures!! ) http://www.sialis.org/hosp.htm I didn't realize they were so harmful, though I knew they were considered pests. I keep three big feeders out in my back yard and I think I've attracted an army of them..They bully the other birds around anyway and I'd like to find a good use for them.
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Michael_Wise wrote 05/16/2009 10:21 PM Re: Feeding Small Birds [Re: Heather Perring ] #240022 - 05/16/2009 10:21 PM
Michael_Wise Webboard User Reg: 07-10-2006 Posts: 4454 Loc: Arkansas Offline	Just make FOR SURE that it is legal to kill them. Otherwise, I'd say it is probably okey dokey. The only problems that I see are: You should probably use a small caliber rifle or pellet/BB gun instead of a shotgun. My biggest worry with that is biting in to a piece of shot. The smaller sparrows and starlings being gulped by your bigger dogs. Not necessarily a problem. You know how your dogs eat so use your judgment there. They may be small enough that they go down easily even if they are gulped down in one bite. The bigger pigeons probably wouldn't pose that problem.
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Bob Scott wrote 05/16/2009 10:33 PM Re: Feeding Small Birds [Re: Michael_Wise ] #240024 - 05/16/2009 10:33 PM
Bob Scott Moderator Reg: 06-14-2002 Posts: 7417 Loc: St. Louis Mo Offline	Be sure of your identification! There are a LOT of protected song birds in the sparrow family and can be very hard to identify. Females in particular. old dogs LOVE to learn new tricks
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Heather Perring wrote 05/17/2009 01:27 PM Re: Feeding Small Birds [Re: Bob Scott ] #240060 - 05/17/2009 01:27 PM
Heather Perring Webboard User Reg: 07-25-2008 Posts: 201 Loc: Offline	Thanks guys. Yeah. I can tell the difference between them easily. My boyfriend, not so much sometimes-but he has me to help and it's funny but I'm transforming him into a birder. The only other visitors to our feeders that look anything like a house sparrow are white crowned sparrows and chipping sparrows but it's extremely easy to tell the difference, especially up close.
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