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Index of Subjects >My wife has used a pellet gun for these flying rats. They don't seem to like it. Now when she opens the door they leave, but the others don't. Billy Following up on Chris's suggestion, I found a circular wire contraption in > our basement. It has 4 straight wires hanging down from it which I can > equally space to keep it balanced. Carol is not here at the moment or I > would be able to tell you what it is used for in gardening. > > I have hung the middle of the circular wire from a hook under my arbour > and hung the bird sock from the same hook. Thus the sock has 4 wires > hanging down around it, a few inches away from the sock. > > I'll see if this works. > > Don > > Don MacNeill > donmacneill@bellaliant.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Susann Myers > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 12:12 PM > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] How to foil starlings at Niger seed feeders > > > Hi, Dave. > > The answer to your question is yes, the feeding slots can be narrower. I > just bought a new distlefink feeder yesterday - one of the standard clear > plastic cylinders with 8 perches (on sale, 30% off, at Canadian Tire just > now). The openings in it are only 1/16" wide. This is the type of niger > seed feeder I've used in the past, and I've never had a problem with > starlings at them - the openings are too narrow to allow the seed to be > knocked out. Redpolls, goldfinches, crossbills and chickadees all can > feed at them with no difficulty, but starlings and other larger birds are > restricted to feeding on the small amount of seed that drops below the > feeder. > > Re Don's response, I use starling-exclusion wire around my oriole/chat > feeders. The openings are 1-3/8" square, and that is just small enough to > keep startlings out. I use lobster-trap wire, which is very heavy-duty, > because I build a cage with perches etc., but there must be lighter-guage > wire with similar openings. Any larger than 1-3/8" will let the starlings > through, however. > > Cheers, > Susann Myers > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dave&Jane Schlosberg > To: NatureNS > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 11:08 PM > Subject: [NatureNS] How to foil starlings at Niger seed feeders > > > My Niger seed feeder is a tube with 4 perches and feeding slots which > are exactly 1/8” wide and 1/2” long. > The starlings have a feast with them by one starling knocking the seed > out onto the ground while the others, on the ground, feed. > Can I get away with a more narrow slot which will stop the starlings but > not the small finches? > > Yours...Dave S....
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