Does anyone else dislike starlings?
They swoop down in huge flocks and devour everything I put out for the local birds. My mom hated them and used to say they bring bad weather. I know, they are just hungry and I shouldn't discriminate! LOL
On the good side though, the migrators are coming back to western PA! I saw a small flock of four robins in the field and spied three red-winged blackbirds at the feeder. I guess one must take the good with the bad! 
My favorite sign of spring: Red-winged blackbird (not my photo): 
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They used to bombard the cars at one place I worked at. 
Now, they can fight the snowflakes slowly drifting down.
We've had a few Robins. No Red-winged Blackbirds yet.
My sympathies. I know they can be a nuisance.
but last year, some bird species devoured two different kinds of plants I had (it wasn't insects because I found no evidence of them, and the way the plants were eaten wasn't like any insect I'd ever seen, even the biggest worms.)
One plant was a succulent type (don't know the kind, only that it was growing great, even popping up new plants when one of its leaves fell off.) The other was "climbing spinach" and kind of succulent in a way. None of my other plants, including the aloe vera, seemed all that interesting to them.
So now, the spinach continues to live in the same pot, just covered by a 2-liter bottle while the single succulent I was able to save lives inside.
I think these were the culprits:
