"Martin" wrote in message
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On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:38:29 -0000, "Bertie Doe"
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"Martin" wrote in message
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On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:05:08 -0000, "Bob Hobden" wrote:

I love the comment when they are talking up their Mealworms.......

"They are a delicacy that are loved by an array of birds,Tits, Robins,
Wrens, Dunnocks, Blackbirds, Thrushes."

Actually in our case it's none of the above but Starlings, Magpies and
Crows.

and here they are very popular with Jackdaws.

2 weeks ago I bought mealworms for the first time. 60g pack of 'Highfield
Mealworms', from the 99p Shop.

Likewise, the only bird that's shown an interest is a lone starling.
Fortunately magpies, crows and jackdaws, can't access my feeders :

http://s20.postimg.org/45zhwh1rh/IMG_2718.jpg

Very ingenious :-)

Our jackdaws and parakeets would hang upside down to eat from something
like
that.

Spoke too soon. Within a couple of days of your post, a dozen starlings
latched onto the feeder and emptied it in 5 mins.

I've got nothing against starlings, there's a bird-table with barley, oats,
wheat etc available for the larger birds but the starlings prefer kibbled
peanuts, sunflower hearts and millet.

Solved the problem by removing the wire circular perch and hooks from above
feeder and the starlings have been forced to 'slum-it' on the bird table for
the past 3 weeks. Finches, tits, sparrows are coping easily with new
arrangement.