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flintknapper wrote:

AG-EE wrote:You are correct Graybeard, but I always thought of the exemption for depredation as if the birds are eating/harming one's crops, etc., not pooping on a sidewalk. I know they are frustrating. I have been hit by them before too.

You are correct, here are the guidelines per the 2005-2006 TPW outdoor annual:

• Unprotected Birds:

o The only birds not protected by any state or federal law are European starlings, English sparrows, feral rock doves (common pigeon - Columba livia) and Eurasian collared-doves; these species may be killed at any time, their nests or eggs destroyed, and their feathers may be possessed.

o Yellow-headed, red-winged, rusty, or Brewer's blackbirds and all grackles, cowbirds (does not include cattle egret), crows, or magpies may be controlled without a federal or state depredation permit when found committing or about to commit depredations on ornamental or shade trees, agricultural crops, livestock, or wildlife, or when concentrated in numbers and in a manner that constitutes a health hazard or other nuisance.