Every boomer with a bird feeder hates squirrels. I don’t understand.

  • Lvxferre@mander.xyz
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    2 months ago

    Since people already answered the question, here’s some unrequested tip:

    If you want mammals to avoid bird feed, mix some of the hottest chili powder and/or pepper seeds that you find into the feed. The birds won’t care, they don’t get pepper burned, but squirrels (and you) do.

    Picture related:

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      2 months ago

      Tried this and it didn’t faze the little fuckers. Going to take another pass at it, must have done something wrong.

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        2 months ago

        It’s native in my chunk of South America. I almost never see those but I hear them often. I know them as sanhaço, but there are a bunch of local names.

        The pepper plant is likely a wild malagueta. Almost as hot as habanero, but birds love it.

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          2 months ago

          So cool, thank you for the added detail. I was wondering if it was a random picture illustrating your point, or a local bird. It’s both! Unfortunately for me, sanhaço are never up here in Northern Canada 🙂