Roosting birds

Lots of great info on here. Some not so good cause it is just brainstorming without knowing much.

Summary: these are starlings and sparrows.
not smart as crows. Starlings taste bad to raptors, (except when they are babies taste good). Sparrows taste good though to raptors. Raptor hunting with a paid falconer would be expensive and would not last long. Introducing raptors would not work, not likely to stay.
can't teach starlings to stay away by killing or torturing one of them like u could do with crows, or geese either. Distress screeching will actually call in starlings to investigate, then they will forget about the event anyway (not like a crow)
noises, predator decoys only last a little while till they get used to it.
Thinning or reducing trees doesn't work if they already are there in big numbers.
They aren't nesting, nor will they ever nest in groups (starlings). They are roosting. Gathering in big numbers for protection.
Cutting the trees down used to be the only solution that worked before and this is what I thought u would have to do. BUT this sprinkler or mist system sounds promising and several of u said it works, so that's cool, I learned something.
 
Thanks to all for your input. X, I agree with you that the mist suggestion that Nick made might be the answer and will give it a try. I'll let everyone know how it works out. FWIW, cutting the trees down is not an option.
 
Our Parks Department has a bird deterrent laser. It's different from the one in the link. It's a hand-held pistol shaped device complete with sights. It shines a laser that looks more like a large (6"ish) solid circle. It works temporarily. They use it to deter flocks of geese from congregating (and defecating) on the city beach. As soon as they shine it near the flock, they scatter. But, they come back, sometimes the same day. Actually, I suppose it's a "gaggle" of geese right?
 
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