Try black-oil sunflower seed instead of peanuts. Starlings will usually reject sunflower seeds but the other birds like it.

Barry Ulman
Bellingham, WA.


On Jun 30, 2011, at 8:36 PM, Cromaat C wrote:

> I'm in a basement apartment with a patio that's about 6 feet lower than the driveway above. For years I've got Stellars jays and crows - which I adore. And this year hummingbirds and flickers - again much wanted birds. None of these birds have defecated on my patio ever and the corvids are here most of the time all day (even before sun rise and after sunset).
> Unfortunately, also this year I'm getting starlings, which I don't want and defecate all over the patio.
> Is there any way to discourage the starlings and not the rest of the birds that I'm getting and wanting? I do try to throw out food only when the birds I want are there and usually it's peanuts and some kibble - but the starlings swoop down and sometimes chase the other birds away and they come in huge numbers - even more than my Stellars (I usually have between 4-8 Stellars this year and in the past up to 17 at a time).
> Thanks,
>
> T. Conyers
> Seattle
> cromaat93 at gmail dot com
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