ChiefD
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So, after years of not doing this, I decided to buy a couple of bird feeders to set out in my garden. I have a finch feeder, a hummingbird feeder, and a normal bird feeder.
Anyway, the first few days the squirrels treated my normal bird feeder like their personal seed buffet. I was going through a full feeder daily. It was like Cousin Eddie brought all of his cousins from the backroads of Kansas.
So the lady at the bird store recommended:
Sizzlin' Heat Bird Food
This wondrous concoction is made with the juices of chili peppers. It coats the seeds with a hot spice that the squirrels detest. Apparently birds don't have saliva glands, so they can't taste the spice. But squirrels can.
I put this stuff out, and one by one those little bassturds would slink up the pole into the feeder. And one by one that would take a bite or two and then slink off the pole, walking slowly into the grass. After two fill-ups my squirrel problem has disappeared. Incredible, really.
So now I can start mixing about 50/50 with the regular stuff.
Excited to see what kind of birds will pop on by.
Anyway, the first few days the squirrels treated my normal bird feeder like their personal seed buffet. I was going through a full feeder daily. It was like Cousin Eddie brought all of his cousins from the backroads of Kansas.
So the lady at the bird store recommended:
Sizzlin' Heat Bird Food
This wondrous concoction is made with the juices of chili peppers. It coats the seeds with a hot spice that the squirrels detest. Apparently birds don't have saliva glands, so they can't taste the spice. But squirrels can.
I put this stuff out, and one by one those little bassturds would slink up the pole into the feeder. And one by one that would take a bite or two and then slink off the pole, walking slowly into the grass. After two fill-ups my squirrel problem has disappeared. Incredible, really.
So now I can start mixing about 50/50 with the regular stuff.
Excited to see what kind of birds will pop on by.
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