"Spider" wrote in message
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On 11/01/2015 15:19, Ophelia wrote:
30/40 starlings flying around in the garden and on the trees and about
16 managed to get onto the sooper dooper fancy feeder (tm) and they were
fighting each other for the fat balls!! Wow it was magical. I think
hubby is stuffed for his shed guttering for a while yet I tried to
get a pic at the window but they saw me and scarpered. Fingers crossed
they try again.

heh and all because you told us to remove the netting from the fat
balls)



Oh, that's lovely to hear, Ophelia! I can tell just how much you enjoyed
it:~)). Obviously, they're feeding themselves up so they're in good
breeding fettle, which may mean they nest in or near your garden:~).

That would be so lovely if they did) Do you think they will come back
again before then though? Soon after they left, the high winds and driving
rain came back, so I expect that kept them away


Pity hubby has to wait for his guttering! Actually, I suspect it will be
free again fairly soon because Starlings (and especially their young)
prefer a carnivorous diet (caterpillars, worms, spiders(sob), etc.), so as
soon as their preferred diet is freely available, they will probably
change to that high protein meat diet.

Ah! So there is nothing more we can offer them now?


In the meantime, I don't suppose hubby will mind too much if he has an
excuse to stay in the warm;~). So long as he gets his gutttering up in
time to catch the April showers:~).

Awwww he was enjoying them as much as I was so he is content to wait I
wouldn't count on that particular cafe being up and running next winter
though)


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