[Magdalen] wildlife and not-so-wildlife report

[Jay Weigel]

None of it hurts the birds. It just annoys the hell out of the squirrels.

On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 6:03 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I keep my birdseed in galvanized trash cans--keeps the mice and rain out.
> I buy 40# of black oil seed and 50# of cracked corn at a time.
>
> > On Oct 28, 2014, at 1:36 PM, "Lynn Ronkainen" <ichthys89 at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > the directions to flaming squirrel say to spray up to 5# of seed at
> once... does that require spreading it out on something, spraying and then
> letting it dry?  Winter rain here (Houston)  is the bane of my bird seed
> which gets wet and sprouts, practically over night.  I'm wondering it this
> would be too much 'wet' for the seeds.
> >
> > Lynn
> >
> > website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
> >
> > When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have
> not a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave
> me." attributed to Erma Bombeck
> >
> > Thomas Merton writes, “People may spend their whole lives climbing the
> ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is
> leaning against the wrong wall.”
> >
> > "What you seek is seeking you." - Rumi
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: "ME Michaud" <michaudme at gmail.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 12:15 PM
> > To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Magdalen] wildlife and not-so-wildlife report
> >
> >> Don't know whether to offer it to my Nightmares Folder
> >> or try to cook with it!
> >> -M
> >>
> >>> On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 1:10 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Speaking of the birdie café, S/O has obtained something called "Flaming
> >>> Squirrel" that is intended to discourage said beasties from poaching
> the
> >>> feeder. It is added to the seed and apparently the birds don't notice
> it at
> >>> all but squirrels do, and don't enjoy it in the least, although it
> does not
> >>> harm them, being made solely of habanero oil. The picture on the label
> is
> >>> amusing, showing a squirrel with flames erupting from its ears and
> mouth.
> >>> We shall see how it works. You may have to enlarge the picture.
> >>> http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=25142
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 1:00 PM, Charles Wohlers <
> >>> charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> > Being rather less mobile than usual, I'm mostly viewing wildlife from
> >>> > inside. We've seen deer several times, and they've made their
> presence
> >>> > known in the garden, consuming carrot and rutabaga greens - which, at
> >>> this
> >>> > point doesn't matter much. Broccoli & brussels sprouts are completely
> >>> caged
> >>> > so they can't get at them. Now I need to decide whether or not to >
> harvest
> >>> > them before we go away for 6 days tomorrow. Predicted low here over
> > that
> >>> > time is 22, much colder than it's been and a bit chilly for those >
> plants.
> >>> >
> >>> > Did see a hairy woodpecker seeing if his suet feeder was filled. Not
> >>> quite
> >>> > yet - bears may still be active.
> >>> >
> >>> > It's been a warm fall here - after a freeze a bit over a month ago >
> (right
> >>> > on schedule), we've only had two or three since. Even picked tomatoes
> >>> > yesterday - from volunteers which took over the greenhouse. Fall
> color > is
> >>> > long gone, with only a few beech and quaking aspens hanging on.
> >>> >
> >>> > Time to corral my dear wife to help plant the garlic -
> >>> >
> >>> > Chad Wohlers
> >>> > Woodbury, VT USA
> >>> > chadwohl at satucket.com
> >>> >
>