Found a dumb simple trick to keep starlings off my feeder

I was SO sick of starlings emptying my $15 bag of sunflower hearts in like 2 days. Tried those cage feeders, weight-sensitive perches, nothing worked. Then an old guy at the bird store told me to just flip the feeder upside down so the perches are gone. Birds like goldfinches and chickadees still cling on somehow but the starlings can't figure it out and leave. Has anyone else tried something that sounds this stupid but actually works?

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2 Comments

thea2461mo ago

Fifteen bucks for sunflower hearts? I'm gonna need your feeder address.

evannelson1mo ago

Isn't that how everything's gotten lately? Everything costs more.