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….I meant the birds, not you two.
Hang on …I thought birds had no sense of smell???
It’s recommend to spray sunflower seed with cayenne pepper to stop squirrels feeding on them. Apparently squirrels can smell the pepper but birds cannot.
I did this one year and the birds never stopped feeding but it deterred the fury beasties ….only for 24 hours, presumably till the smell dissipated.
The only significant deterrent was for me due to my eyes running and coughing like a maniac. Didn’t repeat the exercise as it also wet the seeds and coated the feeders.
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