we’ve just been filling ours with the black sunflower seeds instead of the mixed stuff. Instead of raking out everything to get to the sunflower seeds, they just hang out and eat. Plus, me and the dogs have a lot of fun running them off. It’s turned in to quite a game. Some of the smarter squirrels notice me spotting them through the windows and haul ass before I can make it to the door. Sometimes they’ll have a lookout posted while them buggers are hitting all three feeders at once. Unfortunately, we haven’t been seeing nearly as many here lately tho. We just went through hurricane Isaias and I’m afraid it hurt our squirrel population. We’ve got trees down everywhere :(
Ever try spicy birdseed? Worked for me: squirrels won’t touch it, birds don’t notice.
Evolutionary warfare
we’ve just been filling ours with the black sunflower seeds instead of the mixed stuff. Instead of raking out everything to get to the sunflower seeds, they just hang out and eat. Plus, me and the dogs have a lot of fun running them off. It’s turned in to quite a game. Some of the smarter squirrels notice me spotting them through the windows and haul ass before I can make it to the door. Sometimes they’ll have a lookout posted while them buggers are hitting all three feeders at once. Unfortunately, we haven’t been seeing nearly as many here lately tho. We just went through hurricane Isaias and I’m afraid it hurt our squirrel population. We’ve got trees down everywhere :(
My birdfeeder just goes on lock down when a squirrel’s weight is on it.
fancy!
Thank you for the tip. I had no idea this existed.