I’ve been feeding birds for over 40 years, and spending good money on high quality food. I’ve been keeping track of the visitors for decades too. This year…unwanted visitors showed up too…rats. I won’t poison them, and called our local animal control department for advice. Basically, she said the only way to get rid of them is no longer offering my bird food cafe, so I stopped feeding in August. It kills me to see my 5 empty feeders. I’m going to wait til the really cold weather comes ( I’m in southeastern Massachusetts), put out seed, and see if the unwanted visitors have moved on. Fingers crossed!
I’ve been feeding birds for over 40 years, and spending good money on high quality food. I’ve been keeping track of the visitors for decades too. This year…unwanted visitors showed up too…rats. I won’t poison them, and called our local animal control department for advice. Basically, she said the only way to get rid of them is no longer offering my bird food cafe, so I stopped feeding in August. It kills me to see my 5 empty feeders. I’m going to wait til the really cold weather comes ( I’m in southeastern Massachusetts), put out seed, and see if the unwanted visitors have moved on. Fingers crossed!
I can imagine how empty those feeders must look... I hope you get to welcome the birds back soon!
Thanks!