Weather changing and time for my favorite pest to arrive. The yellow cheese balls get their attention and they scarf up the sf seeds.. 
Starling food roundup!!!!
- Thread starter shambozzie
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They only come through my yard in the spring time. And not many at that.
I’d end up eating all the cheese balls while waiting for starlings to show up
I’d end up eating all the cheese balls while waiting for starlings to show up
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They will fight each other for space on the suet feeder.
When I was working at home (the shop really) during the height of the pandemic, I hung a suet cage on the fence behind the shop (36 yards). for a while nabbed about 3 a day early in the morning with my skyhawk .22 and JSB18's
When I was working at home (the shop really) during the height of the pandemic, I hung a suet cage on the fence behind the shop (36 yards). for a while nabbed about 3 a day early in the morning with my skyhawk .22 and JSB18's
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So which one attracts them more? Cheese puffs or sunflower seeds? I have tried suet, but cat food seemed to work better? At least they ate it first? Hen scratch or chicken feed didn’t interest them at all. Thanks
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I have bird feeders and tried many different bird seeds and suet but no Starlings. I see them flying around but so far they are staying away.
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They only come through my yard in the spring time. And not many at that.
I’d end up eating all the cheese balls while waiting for starlings to show up
Yep!
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Starlings and dry cat food for bait, shot lots of them eating cat food 
I get those same cheese ball snacks for re-action targets, creatures of the night and the neighbors dogs clean them up
I get those same cheese ball snacks for re-action targets, creatures of the night and the neighbors dogs clean them up
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Starlings and dry cat food for bait, shot lots of them eating cat food
I get those same cheese ball snacks for re-action targets, creatures of the night and the neighbors dogs clean them up
serious? Didn’t know they are into cat food! Do they have a good sense of smell? Seems odd to me a bird will like cat food. Very interesting!
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SERIOUSLY,, YES,, starlings , grackles, robins and sometimes bluejays all eat the dry food. I started putting out dry cat food for the neighbors cats, I wanted them for mouse patrol. I get more starlings during a snow, a mild snow that gently falls and leaves snow piled up on a fence post, but in the summer I get very few starlings, but get some all winter long. I now have my own barn cats, that come when they hear the pellet gun, and are upset if it is a starling, not their favorite bird to eat but will if it is cold and they are hungry, they have killed robins but leave them and will NOT eat a grackle, Bobbie-cat says they taste like dog poop,,, they love house sparrows and eurasian collared doves. They like all song birds but they receive no assistance from me, I prefer to place the bird seed where it is difficult for the cats to sneak upon them and I get to use my little Kozak to only shoot the allowed species. I get upset when the little turds snags one of cardinals. But it is funny as heck, they hear the pellet gun and wait for me to lead them to the kill. Sometimes they are watching and I dont see them until I pop a bad bird and see the cat spring forth and claim the victory, before I can set the gun aside
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I have not personally used cat food, But I have heard a lot of people with it for Starlings, I have had very good results with the suet cakes though. Unfortunately that only last a short time. They will actually start to fly completely around my yard.
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