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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_029E_01CDF25C.23853D60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Following up on Chris's suggestion, I found a circular wire contraption = in our basement. It has 4 straight wires hanging down from it which I = can equally space to keep it balanced. Carol is not here at the moment = or I would be able to tell you what it is used for in gardening. I have hung the middle of the circular wire from a hook under my arbour = and hung the bird sock from the same hook. Thus the sock has 4 wires = hanging down around it, a few inches away from the sock. I'll see if this works. Don Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Susann Myers=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 12:12 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] How to foil starlings at Niger seed feeders Hi, Dave. The answer to your question is yes, the feeding slots can be narrower. = I just bought a new distlefink feeder yesterday - one of the standard = clear plastic cylinders with 8 perches (on sale, 30% off, at Canadian = Tire just now). The openings in it are only 1/16" wide. This is the = type of niger seed feeder I've used in the past, and I've never had a = problem with starlings at them - the openings are too narrow to allow = the seed to be knocked out. Redpolls, goldfinches, crossbills and = chickadees all can feed at them with no difficulty, but starlings and = other larger birds are restricted to feeding on the small amount of seed = that drops below the feeder. Re Don's response, I use starling-exclusion wire around my oriole/chat = feeders. The openings are 1-3/8" square, and that is just small enough = to keep startlings out. I use lobster-trap wire, which is very = heavy-duty, because I build a cage with perches etc., but there must be = lighter-guage wire with similar openings. Any larger than 1-3/8" will = let the starlings through, however. Cheers, Susann Myers ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Dave&Jane Schlosberg=20 To: NatureNS=20 Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 11:08 PM Subject: [NatureNS] How to foil starlings at Niger seed feeders My Niger seed feeder is a tube with 4 perches and feeding slots which = are exactly 1/8=E2=80=9D wide and 1/2=E2=80=9D long. The starlings have a feast with them by one starling knocking the seed = out onto the ground while the others, on the ground, feed. Can I get away with a more narrow slot which will stop the starlings = but not the small finches? Yours...Dave S.... ------=_NextPart_000_029E_01CDF25C.23853D60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =EF=BB=BF<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8" http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19393"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY dir=3Dltr bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Following up on Chris's = suggestion, I found a=20 circular wire contraption in our basement. It has 4 straight wires = hanging=20 down from it which I can equally space to keep it balanced. Carol = is not=20 here at the moment or I would be able to tell you what it is used for in = gardening.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I have hung the middle of the circular = wire=20 from a hook under my arbour and hung the bird sock from the same=20 hook. Thus the sock has 4 wires hanging down around it, a few = inches away=20 from the sock.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I'll see if this works.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Don</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Don MacNeill<BR><A=20 href=3D"mailto:donmacneill@bellaliant.net">donmacneill@bellaliant.net</A>= </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20 <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20 title=3Dmyerss@eastlink.ca href=3D"mailto:myerss@eastlink.ca">Susann = Myers</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 14, 2013 12:12 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] How to foil starlings at Niger seed=20 feeders</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hi, Dave.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>The answer to your question is yes, the = feeding=20 slots can be narrower. I just bought a new distlefink=20 feeder yesterday - one of the standard clear plastic cylinders with = 8=20 perches (on sale, 30% off, at Canadian Tire just now). The = openings in it=20 are only 1/16" wide. This is the type of niger seed feeder I've = used in=20 the past, and I've never had a problem with starlings at them - the = openings are=20 too narrow to allow the seed to be knocked out. Redpolls, = goldfinches,=20 crossbills and chickadees all can feed at them with no difficulty, but = starlings=20 and other larger birds are restricted to feeding on the small amount of = seed=20 that drops below the feeder.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Re Don's response, I use = starling-exclusion wire=20 around my oriole/chat feeders. The openings are 1-3/8" square, and = that is=20 just small enough to keep startlings out. I use lobster-trap wire, = which=20 is very heavy-duty, because I build a cage with perches etc., but there = must be=20 lighter-guage wire with similar openings. Any larger than 1-3/8" = will let=20 the starlings through, however.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Cheers,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Susann Myers</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; =