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Originally Posted by desertblues
Always: our cat likes it too; she tries to eat the cheese before the birds get to it. But usually I give them: appels on a string, fat balls with seeds in it, unsalted peanuts, sunflowerseed, birdfood, cheese, cooked leftover patatos, peanutbutter, raisins, dried red fruit, old bread.
I just may have to wean them slowly at end of the seaon.  |
Friends of ours in Virgina put out food for the birds. The problem is, the squirrels like it too. So they put up a suspended bird feeder with a weight trigger: if something
heavier than a normal bird lands on it (like a squirrel), it starts spinning and making noises, to throw off (and scare off) the intruder.
Alas, it doesn't have the intended effect. The squirrels seem to think it's an amusement park ride, and after getting tossed off and staggering dizzy for a few moments, climb right back up in an apparent case of "Ohhh! That was
fun! Do it
again!"
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Dennis