Will this stop starlings and grackles? They are swarming my other feeders and scar away the other birds
249076
The bigger birds don't like to cling to these balls. They land on it but quickly leave in search of a more friendly grackle feeder.
249077
yes. they try to hold on, but are too heavy, so lose interest quickly. These feeders are specifically for smaller birds because of this. My goldfinch, wrens, even cardinals feed from it.
249078
I hung mine from a steel fishing leader wire so the feeder rotates when a bird lands on it. The largest bird that I have see on it was a cardinal all the rest are smaller birds and because of the thin wire - no squirrels!!! Hope this helps.
249079
Yeah! Starlings and grackles are too big to land on this feeder. I've had mine over a couple of years and have never seen those birds on it. Haven't seen cardinals on it either. Just the smaller birds. And my area gets LOTS of starlings and grackles and crows!
249080
yes, small birds cling to it. I've never seen starlings or grackles near it.
1665585
It has a range for birds, not specifically pigeons. Mine didn't work to keep the black birds and starlings off of our boat cover and dock area. I contacted the company twice about the proper setting for the birds and it didn't keep the birds away. I actually thought a few times the birds were having a convention on our dock. I sent it back.
1965154
My experience says it won't keep anything away. The deer stroll right up and eat my fuchsias. The squirrels still dig holes in my garden and planters. As for birds, they still empty the bird feeder three feet away from the unit.
102210
I don't know about birds, it did keep the deer from feeding on the tree bark.Deb
825876
Hello, concerning your question, grackles and starlings leave this feeder alone. They just wait for the sparrows to drop the seed. I have seen bluejays hang on to the bottom and get some seed and take off. Pigeons and dove are confused to. Squirrels can't get it either.Happy Feeding.
1618506
A good sized grackle will shut the feeder down. I have a lot of grackles, but since I have the squirrel buster feeder, the grackles are reduced to feeding off the ground. Since plenty of seed gets spilled on the ground, the grackles don't go hungry. They are now the clean up committee.
1705440
I think it should, although those annoying birds seem adept at getting to food. The feeder is on the small side and I haven't seen any grackles so far.
532721
i was using it to keep chipmunks and raccoons from nibbling on my garden. i don't know what it would do to hawks.
1105998
I have been watching these birds for about 40 years and I have noticed that they fight over the food source. They are always buzzing each other. I have 2 feeders in the back and one bird tries to own both of the feeders. Needless to say, sometimes he can't keep the other birds from eating before he notices them. Could be a her, I don't really no which is which.
1245585
If you are asking about protecting the pond from birds it depends. If they just fly down and back up it wont. If the birds stay on the ground it will chase them away
1253784
I don't have a squirrel problem so I am not sure. However, I placed this outside to keep the bird poop off my kids swing set... for the first week they stayed away.... then they just perched right next to it on the pole. After a week they knew it wasn't a threat.
1513895
I don't think it will work with birds. I bought three units to deter racoons which were destroying my garden beds which had fabric/ mulch. They didn't do the job and I wound up using a haveaheart trap. That worked!! 13 racoons last year.
32855
It should - you can adjust the spring mechanism. If the doves are getting in, just make it more sensitive. Ours keeps out grackles (medium-sized bird).
2013606
Nothing that I know of. But I have heard that if you wipe the outside of the red cap with white vinegar it will help and not hurt the birds.
576315
Yes. The size of the wire mesh around the feeder tube is far too small to allow grackles or anything larger than the smaller hedge birds; chickadee, wren, finch sized birds. I've had to replace the center tube as the plastic died from three years of UV exposure. Not hard to do and a $7 tube from Lowes was an almost perfect fit. I also created a coroplast cover to keep off the rain and discovered it gave some immumity to the smaller birds from a local Kestrel. Zero squirrel access.
1595470
I've not had that problem and I'm not quite sure. The plastic covering the top may prevent the rats. I know the wire around the feeder sure helps keep the doves and pigeons out. Good luck.
2191198
Don't have that problem, but it does take birds a few days or a week before they use a new feeder. Perhaps if u r sitting on the porch it scares them away. First put feeder on a branch and slowly bring to porch. They don't like traffic. I have it hanging outside my kit window when I do dishes. They seem to like it under the overhang. Be patient. Parent birds r nesting Good luck. Oh and make sure the see isn't moldy. I opened up a new bag and it was all moldy. The whole shipment was