I'm not feeding the birds anymore

[Críostóir]

Who knew birds like jalapeno chips?

Capsaicin, the oil responsible for the hotness of jalapenos, has no effect on birds. It does work on mammals. That's why putting red pepper in your bird feeder keeps the squirrels* out.
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*Most of them. I've heard of an occasional crazy squirrel who would eat the red pepper, make the wide-eyed omigod face that they do when they eat it, and go back for more.

 

[Sha-Rok]

Bird gentrification? LMAO!

 

[gsdx]

That's why putting red pepper in your bird feeder keeps the squirrels* out.

What about ground cayenne pepper?

 

[Joshua_me]

It's the same story the crow told me, it's the only one he knows....

 

[Críostóir]

What about ground cayenne pepper?

Should work too. The birds might be bothered by the dust, but the hotness won't affect them.

 

[DonQuixote]

Críostóir,
I know a few Homo Sapiens who react that way to Capsaicin, too, lol.

 

[Críostóir]

Críostóir,
I know a few Homo Sapiens who react that way to Capsaicin, too, lol.

You mean the whoo, omigod, gimme more way? Yeah, I'm one of 'em!

 

[DonQuixote]

That would be the one.

I enjoy a wide range of peppers and related sauces -

 

[seven_sins]

Birds can attack you - I was overseas last year and was attacked by magpies. They are VICIOUS

Just ask Alfred Hitchcock.

 

[DonQuixote]

Oh, yeah. Saw that movie on the old 19" Silvertone B&W when I was a kid - talk about leaving you with nightmares?!

 

[Críostóir]

Someone should do a mashup of this song with a bird-attack scene from Hitchcock's The Birds.

 

[Alpha1851]

The suggestions from Birds & Bloom are generally good. I've tried some of those tips w/ varied results. Getting rid of the feeders all together for awhile worked better than using a smaller feeder. After all, all the larger birds had to do was wait on the ground for the smaller birds to drop a few seeds.

Kahaih has the right idea. Adding bird friendly foliage/flowers to your landscaping and switching to a hummingbird feeder will also save you tons of money. Or, why not just add a bird bath? That way you can observe the birds w/o feeding and attracting a bunch of pests.

Damn I'm old. I logged into JUB to join in the "bird" thread.

 

[ashonfire]

I thought "feeding the birds" was a euphemism for Onanism. I was ready to discuss the dangers of blue balls. Carry on, my ornithological comrades...