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Wednesday March 10, 2010
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"...I love the feeder.
It's a handsome feeder and the results have been excellent."
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-W.B., New Jersey
"I love my feeder;
woodpeckers do as well!
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M.S., Iowa
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 Starlings,
brought to the United States from Europe in the late 1800's, are
generally thought of as nuisance birds and, even worse, as
health hazards. They are also blamed for transferring
diseases between livestock via bird droppings.
Because of their similarity in species size and nesting habits,
starlings are not only a nuisance, but a threat to woodpeckers
as well. Like the woodpecker, starlings nest in tree
cavities (holes). However, starlings are not able to
create the hole or the nest, so they hang around while the
woodpecker creates the nest and then they kick the woodpecker
out of the nest it just created. This process continues
over and over again until the woodpecker either finds a suitable
starling-free location or just gets lucky.
Another option is to install a woodpecker nesting box.
There are a variety of nesting box solutions out there, but the
best seems to be one with an inward sloping face so non-clinging
birds can not easily enter the nesting port. The nesting box must
also be protected from
raccoons and squirrels via baffles, etc. A project like
this can reap great rewards if you enjoy having woodpeckers in
your area.
Woodpecker-Feeder.com has devised a
suet feeding systems that
prevent all but the smartest of starlings from getting much suet
at all. The best those starlings can do is to launch
themselves from a nearby location and briefly hover or hang long enough
to make a stab or two at the feeder. They get very little of the suet and look for easier food sources and this
saves your valuable, quality suet for woodpeckers. As the
suet is eaten from each feeding port, less is visible to
starlings, but woodpeckers can still find and eat the suet.
This way, your suet lasts longer and you have suet available
when your woodpeckers stop by.
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