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The only problem with that is that it will also chase off my song birds. While the starlings chase them away, the song birds won't go far because the starlings are just after the food and won't chase them past the feeders. The song birds go hang out in nearby trees until the starlings go away, then come in for their turn.

Hello all, I have researched this to the best of my ability and cannot find a direct answer, so I figured I would ask here. Here is the situation: I want to kill Starlings who are eating all of my bird food and chasing away the songbirds in the area. I know that I could just not put food out until they move on, but am not willing to do that, and I know that there are no rules/laws against killing these birds year round. The problem I'm running into is this: I live in an apartment and while the area our patio faces has a lot of trees, there is a very minor possibility that anything fired might go to the nearby road, which is a busy one. Overall, I'm not too concerned with that, but I do have some since it is a possibility, despite how small. I have picked out a .177 pellet rifle which would suit my needs just fine, but it does send the pellets out at a high rate of speed (1,300 FPS). I have discovered the Aguila Colibri powderless rounds which I could use in my bolt action .22 and does not travel as far/fast as the pellet (376-420 FPS). My conundrum is this: While the .22 round won't travel as far/fast, it is still discharged from an actual rifle, which could be a no no within city limits/while living in an apartment. On the flip side, there are no regulatory laws/rules that I can find governing firing a pellet rifle within city limits/while living in an apartment. Does anyone have any insight on this? I want to get rid of some of these aggressive birds, but certainly do not want to get into any trouble for how I do it.