Half the deaths in the U.S. are in New York

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To many Italians? The [govenor] was appalled that people are just strolling about like nothing has happened. I can hardly believe it myself. Then saw this item; this thing is maybe going to peak(U.S.) early in May. I have a pellet gun and there plenty of birds building nests in my back yard. I think the dove are edible, I don't know about the blackbirds.

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Kill all the starlings!

[togor]

Kill all the starlings!

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[Art]

….. I have a pellet gun and there plenty of birds building nests in my back yard. I think the dove are edible, I don't know about the blackbirds.

Doves are a game bird in the south (a song bird a lot of other places) and the meat is excellent if you like dark meat, it's almost the color of venison. I hunt and eat them every chance I get which is seldom now. When I was a kid in Louisiana some dove hunters would fill out their bag with black birds, which were not protected, if they didn't get enough doves. I never ate black birds but I understand the taste is similar to dove but they are scrawnier. I recall that some folks there would target Robins which were supposed to be excellent eating, as well as not too bright which made them easy targets. They were a protected song bird though, and the Superintendent of Schools in the Parish we lived in was busted by the state game wardens with 25 Robins. That was an expensive day.

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99 in NYC some more out in Suffolk County on Long Island too many people packed in a small place Going to get worse before it gets better...

Stay Safe

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To many Italians? The [govenor] was appalled that people are just strolling about like nothing has happened. I can hardly believe it myself. Then saw this item; this thing is maybe going to peak(U.S.) early in May. I have a pellet gun and there plenty of birds building nests in my back yard. I think the dove are edible, I don't know about the blackbirds.

Recipe for blackbird pie. Looks complicated.

Most anything is edible--just ask the chinks. Some believe this is why the chink virus started in China.

http://www.grouprecipes.com/81623/black-bird-pie.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/10/science/pangolin-coronavirus.html