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Hot Peppers in Wild Bird Food?

  • Posted on 3 January 2022
  • By Bobbi Wright
  • Posted in birds and hot peppers, capsaicin, hot peppers, Squirrel deterrent
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Hot Peppers in Wild Bird Food?

It's a hot debate - add heat to the seed to defeat the squirrels or no? Does it hurt the birds?

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