I found this a while back... think I'm going to try it this year. I really want my little downy woodpecker to come back after the bullies chased it away...
regular suet cage (see photo) suspended from a square foot sheet of hardware cloth, with pieces of electrical wire attached to the edges, about 1" apart, hanging down. The starlings were unable to fly between the hanging wires, but other birds had no trouble. They "say" the grackles and starlings don't like the wires and won't fly up into it..
