Suet with corn peanuts etc.
How to get rid of starlings in my roof.
For large flocks or agricultural applications starlings can be removed or deterred with a well timed organized scare campaign using strategically placed sophisticated audio or visual repellents as well as deterrents that irritate the starlings other senses.
Keep in mind that call and audio related deterrents should not be put in place after starlings have already started nesting they have to be implemented before the breeding season.
Grow native plants around your yard.
Bird baths are very useful too.
Remove immediately to help get rid of starlings.
Where have all the starlings gone.
It serves as an instant roof and if the slope isn t too steep your house becomes an easy choice.
You are pretty much right mice can get through 1 2 x 1 weldmesh they can t get through 1 2 x 1 2 but that gives little more headroom than the biro you mention.
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Starlings are not fans of bird feeders so you can put up a bird feeder for cardinals grackles blue jays etc.
Good fun to watch the greedy barstewards get though a gap then gloat on seed and try to get back monkey with the hand in the cookey jar taken to the extreme.
In my backyard starlings go crazy for suet but only if it has cracked corn peanuts or other shelled seed inside.
One thing you can do is to make the slope steeper by installing an additional board or reconstructing this part of your roof.
Get rid of different foods the starlings like and habitats they might want to live in as mentioned a couple of times in the article.
Audio visual and other repellents.
European starlings can be one of the least wanted backyard birds but also one of the most challenging to get rid of.