This is my first experience with suet, and I invested in the cheap
Walmart feeder to see who showed up. Other than getting my hands
greasy, it is easy to fill. The Jays and Cardinals have ignored it, and
it works for large and small woodpeckers. As to the Starling's ability
to dine inverted, I suspect he has enough tenacity to do it. But, the
large woodpeckers seem to like to hang on the sides and ends, so I will
stick with what I have for now.
I have squirrel guards on both posts, so that and some branch trimming
has eliminated their intrusions for a while. My late wife was convinced
that one of the squirrels also had an engineering degree and was just
trying to show me he could outsmart me. :-)
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 4/26/2017 3:12 PM, Moose wrote:
We are lucky here, no Starlings. I've seen them as close as Monterey,
but never in our area.
Can Starlings land/cling/eat upside down? Some years ago, I switched
from the kind of cage feeder you have to one that holds the block flat
and is only open on the bottom.
This stopped all the Jays but one, and limited the suet mostly to
nuthatches. One Stellar's Jay figured out how to use it, but the other
Jays didn't.
A super aggressive squirrel eventually destroyed the wood feeder.
Picky Feeder Moose
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