> Somehow the adult starling have also figured out how to eat the suet
> from an upside down position. I made a shroud to go over the basket
> leaving only the bottom exposed. Does anyone know of a way to keep
> starling off, but allow birds like the Downy to feed?

That's new! One thing to try is an item my wife mentioned once, which is a
sort of cage which you hang the suet inside, with holes big enough for
smaller birds to fit through to the suet feeder, but not large enough for
the starlings to fit through. The Wild Bird Center might carry them, which
is where I believe she ran across them out East.

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