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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bananafishbones" data-source="post: 1462761" data-attributes="member: 66732">I have a good array of birds, but the Starlings out number everything else. I can get upto 60 Starlings (usually 20+)  and at first I found it very intimidating and worried about all the other birds. What actualy happens is that the fatballs /suet block seem to be solely for the Starlings, Blue tits and Long Tail tits, The bird table is devoured by anything big.... Jackdaw, woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Rook & Starling. All the feeders are then left to the Finches, Tits etc.I witnessed a Male Housesparrow fend off a Starling on the bird table the other day, also the Male Greenfinch dont get bullied by Starlings.Over the last 12 months my garden has found a feeding spot for all the species, large and small, and I would actually miss the starlings if they didnt come. But sometimes 60 does seem too many.....</blockquote>