Just about any yard that has trees, is a yard with
squirrels. If you
feed birds with bird
feeders or at bird
houses, sooner or
later, squirrels will cause problems.
Squirrels will eat your bird seed and, when they "feel" like
it, damage
your feeders.
That is, unless you use safflower seed. Put it in any feeder. Hang
it
anywhere. Squirrels don't seem to like safflower, yet.
Who eats safflower? Cardinals, doves, chickadees, titmice and house
finches.
Want more bird variety? Use sunflower. Most seed eating birds favor
it.
The problem is, squirrels do too. If you want to use sunflower, put
it
in a squirrel-proof feeder.
You can "squirrel-proof" any feeder by putting it on a pole
with a
baffle (the underside lathered with Vaseline and hot pepper) about
ten
feet from a squirrel-jumping off point.
