Finally, something that defeats starlings Review by Jennifer After full feeders of mealworms would be gobbled up in a day by greedy starlings I moved on to trying a normal squirrel proof one - no good, since the ports were still close enough for them to grab the food. This feeder, however, has stopped that! Often there's a frustrated starling hopping along the top of the guardian but no luck for them. Without them fighting over the mealworms I've found lots of smaller birds like finches, sparrows and tits have been happier to come and feed alongside them.
The actual feeder is well constructed and the bars are arranged so small birds like goldfinches, blue tits and robins can get in to access the feeder, while starlings can't stretch enough to reach. The small feeder holds a good amount of seed/mealworms, I'd go for this one over the larger one unless you have masses of small birds visiting your garden each week. (Posted on 20/02/2020)
