Bird Watching: Have to take down all the feeders again., 1 by pelletory

pelletory wrote:
I feel bad about this but I'm being so overrun with Starlings and Grackles that hardly any other birds are coming to the feeders.

I had tried strictly putting safflower seeds out but as soon as they realize thats all there is to eat then they just start swallowing that.

I've also tried taking the feeders down before (for 9 days!) but I noticed they were coming by at least 3 times a day to check on the situation. Starlings are so smart.
I hope that this will at least help to cut down on their numbers. I haven't seen any wrens, titmouse and others for quite a while and I assume its because of this swarm of blackbirds all the time.
Wish me luck!