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07-03-2020, 08:02 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: central alberta
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Black birds
My neighborhood/yard seems to be inundated with lots of these black birds....maybe brewers blackbird? They are driving my 8 month old pup crazy, he is barking and chasing them all over, making the backyard unbearable at the moment. I think they are nesting in a couple of the neighbors trees.
Anybody having an issue like this? Being in town, I am not sure what I can do.
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07-03-2020, 09:20 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Alberta
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The only things you can do is keep your dog inside so you do not get unhappy visits from the neighbors or install a shock collar.
Nature was here before us, if you can't get rid of it you have to live with it.
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07-04-2020, 02:41 AM
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Blackbirds congregate during wet weather so as it dries out they may disperse. Also young blackbirds are probably noisy for another week or three.
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07-04-2020, 06:31 AM
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Just wondering are you sure they are black birds. More common to have bunches of cow birds.
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07-04-2020, 07:47 AM
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Grackles perhaps they are as bad as Magpies.
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07-04-2020, 08:48 AM
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Location: Central Alberta
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Get rid of the dog. 
Grizz
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07-04-2020, 09:04 AM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: The South
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As I’m sitting in my back yard right now, it’s full of blackbirds, cow birds, whatever they are. Just pinged one off the fence with an air soft. Keeps them away for a few minutes. They completely empty my feeders every chance they get.
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07-04-2020, 09:13 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: On the border in Lloydminster
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My backyard is like the movie "the Birds" 100's of them only good thing is there isn't any magpies around until they leave then squawkers come back.
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07-04-2020, 09:46 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Out of Town
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I started doing counts on the number of blackbirds in my yard for my own little research. So far this year I counted 27 dead, 24 near misses and a lot of “must be the guns fault”,complete missed. I hate them suckers, they keep the good birds away and eat you out of house and home.
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07-04-2020, 09:49 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: central alberta
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i'm trying to train the dog to ignore them...going through the treats.
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