Bob,
Invisible fencing puts out Wild Bill's Squirrel proof feeders which
run on a nine volt battery. If the squirrel touches two metal points at
once he gets quite a jolt. The feeders are not meant to affect birds at
all but you might take a look at them and see if they are adaptable for
Starlings.

Yvonne Bombardier
ravenn at premier1.net
Everett, Wa

Bob Mauritsen wrote:
>
> Tweeters,
>
> I haven't been bothered too much by starlings in the
> past at my feeders, but this year after coming back
> from a long vacation, they have been very aggressive.
> I don't want to get into any of the satisfying fantasies
> I've had regarding them, but it has occurred to me that
> one solution to the starling problem might be something
> like an electrified feeder.
>
> Such a feeder might have two or four copper rings around
> each feeder peg. The copper rings would be connected to
> a transformer that produces whatever jolt might be required.
> Of course, all this would be connected somehow, perhaps by
> remote control, to a control device. The low-priced feeders
> would only jolt all the pegs at once. The high-end feeders
> would be wired so that you could push a button to jolt
> a particular peg on the feeder, just in case the starlings
> haven't driven off every last smaller bird.
>
> You could think of this as a starling-taser, a "staser", if
> you will. I see it operating as a conditioning device to
> teach the starlings to seek food elsewhere, or, at higher
> voltages if you are so inclined, a legal starling-elimination
> device (since air rifles are illegal within the city limits).
>
> My question is: Someone must have thought of such a device
> already. Does anyone know where it might be purchased?
>
> Bob Mauritsen
> Green Lake, Seattle