Re: birdseed, raccoons

See- my luck with safflower has been lousy.  No one ate it.  I finally 
tossed it and went back to shelled sunflower.
Theresa

Pam Evans wrote:

>I mix the safflower w/ the wild bird seed and the squirrels here will
>actually spit it out.  They leave my feeders alone now too which is
>great.  I mentioned that to Andrea off-list hoping it would help w/
>her land rodent problem.  And cardinals adore the safflower seed. 
>win-win situation.
>
>
>On Apr 2, 2005 10:18 AM, Chris@widom-assoc.com <Chris@widom-assoc.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>As usual, I'm days behind in reading my e-mail, but I wanted to mention that
>>safflower seed is nearly hull-less and the squirrels don't like it quite as
>>well as sunflower seeds.  The birds don't show a preference, so I buy it
>>when I see it available. Oh, Auralie, I read that grackles and starlings
>>don't like it!  http://www.hummzinger.biz/safflower-seed.htm
>>
>>I kind of like the idea of sharing the environment with whatever wildlife we
>>get.  I'm not happy when the rabbits nibble off the tops of my tulips or the
>>raccoons eat the giant snails in my tub garden, but I figure that they were
>>here first!  I try to adapt without doing harm.  Luckily, no deer have found
>>their way here (even though they are on an estate only a mile away). If all
>>my pots were being dug up every night, I'm not sure what I'd do!
>>
>>When the raccoons were coming into the house through our cat door (when we
>>used one years ago), they were very well mannered.  They ate the cat's food
>>and casually retreated through the house and out the door when we arrived
>>home at night!  Well, we became more diligent about locking the cat door
>>after that!  I haven't seen as many raccoons around here lately, but I
>>remember one time when we had seven mulling around our back deck, probably
>>waiting for us to open up!
>>
>>Chris
>>Long Island, NY
>>Zone 7a (Average min temp 50 - 00)
>>
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