By Ginellie
Surrey,
United Kingdom 
I've seen a lot of pictures recently showing garden birds feeding from fat balls still enclosed in their nylon mesh. I thought this was quite dangerous because the birds might get trapped?
7 Jan, 2012
Answers
Best to remove the netting and put them in a wire mesh cage as if you leave them in just the netting then your neighbourhood squirrels will run off with them.
8 Jan, 2012
So do I Ginellie..the netting can be lethal for them.
8 Jan, 2012
We always remove the netting and put them in a cage - the starlings have now worked out how to hang on to this...
8 Jan, 2012
your apserlutly wright its just good old missinformation .
8 Jan, 2012
I take the nets of too! I also agree with MG...those pesky starlings manage to hang on to the smallest of wire cages now!
Also bought one of those suet rolls - it seems to be preferred by the smallest birds and the starlings are kept amused elsewhere they leave this alone :)
9 Jan, 2012
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Yes, I always remove the netting as it is likely to trap their little claws.
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