Originally Posted By: Brettski
Originally Posted By: teehjaeh57
Starlings are hammering my suet cakes...


We borrowed the simple design depicted near the bottom of this page; the Starling Stumper . A regular old suet cage with a couple of feet of cheap, lightweight chain (open/close the chain links with pliers). When you put in the suet cake, leave the plastic tray on it like a hat. It won't stop the all of them, but deters most. The remaining peckers, tit mice, nuthatches, etc are very comfortable inverted.


Thanks Ski...I have a horizontal feeder, and a dual side vertical. The vertical is getting hammered, but it's preferred by all birds. Might just have to sit it a while until the Starlings move on.


Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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