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Showing posts with label Starlings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Starlings. Show all posts
Wednesday, 3 May 2017
Starlings
Starlings are presenting me with a bit of a moral dilemma. They eat the food I put out - no crime in that, but they are starting to eat all of it! They swoop in like a raiding party squabbling over the food in great numbers. If I put out meal worms, they are gobbled up within minutes and other birds don't get a look in. Other foods that attracts them like no other are suet products - fat balls, Utterly Peanut Butterly, and suet pellets. It has got to the stage where I'm thinking of withdrawing these foods. However this would be a real shame as other birds rely on these things too. So, answers on a postcard to...
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