All of a sudden it has gotten really cold, kind of unusual for this area. It's not normally in the 20's or low 30's with a bracing wind in November. Too many high winds this fall around here as well. So I've been back to feeding the birds and they seem really appreciative. We began using only hot pepper bird seed last winter and continuing right now. This type of seed is not liked by squirrels but the birds are fine with it. I doubt I'll ever use any other kind.
I've already filled one feeder 3 times in the last ten days so we know it's pretty cold.
Just looked it up. Very expensive. We won't be using hot pepper bird seed. We bought caged bird feeders at Menards that the squirrels can not get into, and for the tray feeder, we have it on a hooked pole, and I wrapped (pulled) a 4 inch diameter corrugated plastic drainage pipe around the pole (flexible) and the squirrels can not climb to the top of it.
Posted by: Frank | November 16, 2022 at 09:59 PM
I'm not sure it's that much more expensive and saves a lot of work. We also have a caged feeder and the squirrels can get into it. We received a seed bell without the hot pepper and the squirrels were all over it. So I went out and sprinkled it with some cayenne pepper and that was the end of the squirrels. The birds were all about that the rest of the day.
Posted by: Diane Meyer | November 18, 2022 at 07:23 AM