Date: 4/15/24 2:46 pm From: DONALD GRUSSING Owner via Mnbird <mnbird...> Subject: Re: [Mnbird] Starlings and suet
I feed suet in a wire feeder designed to be attached to the trunk of a tree.All the usual suspects including Brown Creepers and Crows feed from it, but not Starlings. Even Yellow-Rumps and others, and a few thrushes and the occasional turkey eat the morsels that drop to the ground from the activities above.
Starlings home in on shelled peanuts and the meal worms in the "hot" bird mix I put out occasionally when the deer want to eat all the untreated golden safflower in one night.
I always wonder what happened when a Starling song includes the calls of Bluebirds.
Don Grussing
Minnetonka
On Mon, 15 Apr, 2024 at 10:50 AM, Allen Batt via Mnbird <mnbird...> wrote:
To: mnbird
From Mary Oliver’s poem “Invitation”: “…it is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world. I beg of you, do not walk by without pausing to attend this rather ridiculous performance…”
A birdie with a yellow bill hopped upon my suet feeder. There are days when starlings dominate the suet feeder. They feed with gusto. There are starling-resistant suet feeders. I purchased an upside-down suet feeder meant to challenge starlings, but the starlings hang upside down and feed. No worries. It’s going to the gym and eating lunch for a starling. The rather ridiculous performance was all on my end.
