Now you have to understand how AMAZED I was. I made this thing out of scrap wood, a plastic flower pot, a bamboo perching stick, a paint mixer (the freebie thin wood things they give when you buy paint) and wire. My husband said it looked, "like a blind man built it." Personally, I told him I knew (as a former Veterans hospital nurse) many blind men that would have done a much better job...but thank you anyway.
Back to my story. The male WOULD NOT GO IN the trap!!!
He would fly over to the female and pick up nest material and go back to the house and in he would go. I could almost hear him thinking, "WHy is this chick so lazy? Why won't she help me?" Well I got tired of waiting for him to go in the trap and lowered the housing and rigged up the trap door and string and withing 5 min of putting the house back up...PRESTO BINGO OHHHH YEAAAAHHHHHHH!!! 
SUCCESS!Thats susan 5, starlings 0
PS- my husband owes me dinner-He never thought the trap would work!
I have four starlings hanging around. What kind of trap can you use on the house itself for starlings?
These starlings have been guarding this gourd for 3 weeks but never entered. I had a pair of martins staying in there too. I didn't have time to check the gourd this morning-had to get to work. This afternoon I checked and there was a lot of starling nesting material and I found my male martin DEAD. His poor little head had been pecked to pieces. I put in a trap but no luck. Maybe in the morning I'll get at least one. I also just finished, tonight, the S&S Repeating Trap just like Lilyrose's. Lilyrose you inspired me! It has taken me two weeks to build it but now it's finished. I just hope those evil starlings and sparrows get in there. There will be no mercy for them!!!!! 
