I ********in hate birds, I'll eat any of them. People complain about the ethics of foie gras? Screw it, geese are dicks, and their fatty livers are delicious. I've been divebombed by 5 red-winged blackbirds in the last year or so, so I'm on a very strong anti-bird crusade.
I love birds. I respect squirrels acrobatic game. But they're really just bushy-tailed tree rats. When they're not making a mess of the bird feeder they're trying to get into the garbage cans.
I actually have when I was a kid. But not the brains. We were told to stay away from the brains, and later on, we found out why. If I were to eat one now, it would only be because I'm in a post-apocalyptic scenario where only squirrels and roaches have also survived, and I've grown tired of eating the roaches.
I live in Jersey not Kentucky. But I would if I grew up eating them. Nothing like chomping on a critter that annoys you.
Bald eagle anecdote. A few years ago I was taking a walk at lunchtime on a walking path by the Raritan Canal not far from New Brunswick. I look across the river and see a hugeass bird on top of a barren tree & think "that's a friggin bald eagle" Had never seen one in the wild. A 100 yards down in the middle of a tree I see mama eagle and babies. The nest looked huge. It was a great day in nature.
Roaches get you 30 health points, but squirrel-on-a-stick will get you 45, and squirrel stew way more.