The Buckets by Greg Cravens for October 23, 2014

If it was effective it was probably the sign blowing in the breeze that scared them away.

We switched to Cole’s Hot Meats bird seed. Squirrels won’t even come up on the patio.

Yeah, I saw a documentary that had lots of clips of squirrels defeating various contraptions to keep them away from birdseed. They even set up an elaborate obstacle course, which the squirrels eventually overcame!

Nice one Eddie.

I’ve never tried a sign. it’s now on my list.

Safflower seeds have capsaicin and the birds won’t mind and the squirrels won’t like it—but you’ll get fewer bird varieties. Don’t put out anything with millet in it: millet is the preferred food of the non-native house sparrows (sometimes called English sparrows), the hit men of the songbird world that murder all the eggs and nesting parents around their area in the spring with a beak through the brain or shell. No millet and you’re much less likely to have them move in.

Way to go, Eddie!

xxx

Dunno, I just put out a separate feeder for the squirrels – has nuts in it. They don’t bother the bird feeder, and the jays and mocking birds like to pick at the nuts too.

He’s a sweet boy

@mightyfrog: I hear you, but my birds go through $60 worth of seed every month as it is. I could easily spend three times that if I fed everybody everything as much as they wanted.