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Message: [QUOTE="Sean Regan, post: 206765, member: 5841"] The re-sited birdfeeder wasn't working out for the smaller birds as the starlings were monopolising it. The flock could expand to a dozen sometimes. So I put it back on the pergola post, but made the peanut butter feeder too high for them to reach from the roof of the house. They now have to perch on the tiny bar in front of the peanut jar, they have to constantly flap their wings to be able to feed. So the visits have reduced. We noticed, that the smaller birds, blue tits, sparrows, "Rocky" the robin and the dunnocks are often in and out of the azaleas. So I bought this on eBay for eight quid (free postage). [ATTACH type="full" alt="s-l1600.jpg"]79046[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="jtywnoj3g5m.jpg"]79047[/ATTACH] I've put it on a stake in the middle of the azaleas, there's quite a bit of room in there under the canopy so the small birds will be able to access it, while the starlings won't. [ATTACH type="full" alt="P1040995.JPG"]79048[/ATTACH] The top slides round to reveal an aperture for filling. It was a quick job to bang a stake into the ground and the feeder slid securely over it as the central spine is open at the bottom. Then close up the canopy of the azaleas. [/QUOTE]