Section 3801 Of Chapter 3. Nongame Birds From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 4. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 3.

. Notwithstanding Section 3007 or any other provision of this code or regulations made pursuant thereto requiring the possession of a hunting license, a landowner or lessee or agent of either in immediate possession of written authority from the landowner or lessee, shall not be required to obtain a hunting license or a depredation permit to take the following nongame birds on land owned or leased by the landowner or lessee. Hunters otherwise taking the following nongame birds shall be licensed pursuant to Section 3007. The following nongame birds taken in compliance with this section may be taken and possessed by any person at any time, except as provided in Section 3000:
  (a) English sparrows (Passer domesticus).
  (b) Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).