not deer-proof
That birdfeeder is advertised as squirrel-proof; but they didn’t say anything about deer.
I guess I should have suspected this, but I recently noticed that deer like sunflower seeds. Also apparently safflower, which is what is currently in the feeder.
February 19th, 2007 @ 7:03 am
We use safflower, mostly cuz the starlings don’t like it. I hadn’t thought about deer, but we don’t get too many in suburbia. Sadly, there haven’t been a lot of birds at the feeder lately, and I’m afraid it’s because of the bitter, bitter cold in recent weeks. I hope they come back.
February 19th, 2007 @ 9:44 am
Your safflower may be safe. Bill was unaware that the safflower had run out & I had refilled the feeder w/wildbird mix that had corn & sunflower seed.
quiltcat
February 19th, 2007 @ 7:10 pm
LOLOL Yep, They do love bird food! Tricia, tell him he needs a taller fence!
February 19th, 2007 @ 9:14 pm
Nice picture! Does the chainlink keep them out?
February 19th, 2007 @ 11:04 pm
Great photo, as usual! You caught them red-handed, or should we say red-nosed! Interesting that in the picture, only one even knows that they are caught!
Keep the pictures coming! I also loved your valentine cactus!
February 20th, 2007 @ 8:57 am
The chainlink fence is way too short to keep them out. It was intended to keep small children in, no longer necessary in our household.
But a couple years ago, one of the mama deer used it for the same purpose, wittingly or not. She deposited her off-spring inside where it could not wander off and then left to do her own thing all day.
February 20th, 2007 @ 2:44 pm
I love the “sheepish” expression of the one looking at the camera. “Ooops. Guys, he found us.”
February 20th, 2007 @ 8:30 pm
I find your picture of the deer very interesting. One of my friends, Susan, lives in a very populated area of West St. Louis County - I went to her house recently to photograph the deer that live in her subdivision. She filled her bird feeder & said to me “Just wait, the deer will come”……….Sure enough, within 15 minutes there were 3 deer coming out of the woods to the bird feeder. Susan said I must come back in the spring when the does have their babies. She told me that last spring a doe delivered a baby beneath a trampoline in her neighbor’s yard - amazing!!!!!!!!! The deer have become a major problem as development continues in my area………
February 20th, 2007 @ 10:19 pm
San Antonio suburbs sure have a deer problem. Actually, I suppose if you look at it a little more realistically, they have a “people” problem.
Displaced animal populations have no where to go but into human spaces…
February 21st, 2007 @ 12:51 am
Sunflower seeds, safflower seeds, corn, millet, milo — it’s all just grain (candy!) as far as the deer are concerned.