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8. It's somewhat more expensive than regular bird seed.

Sun Mar 11, 2012, 01:19 PM

Mar 2012

I get it at a bird specialty store, Wild Birds Unlimited. You can get it on line, here: http://shop.wbu.com/products/productdetail/Safflower+Bird+Seed+-+20+lbs/part_number=200320/567.0.1.1.42042.100926.0.0.0?pp=12& I figure it's worth it because it doesn't make such a mess with shells and husks and because the squirrels don't eat much of it. More bang for the buck, I think.

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We finally found a squirrel proof bird feeder that actually works. [View all] RiffRandell Mar 2012 OP

I give it a month n/t intaglio Mar 2012 #1

Haha--that's pretty generous of you. RiffRandell Mar 2012 #3

You ever tried Twirl a Squirrel? MicaelS Mar 2012 #2

No, but that made me dizzy. n/t RiffRandell Mar 2012 #4

We had one of those... pipi_k Mar 2012 #5

I learned that squirrels don't care much for safflower seeds. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2012 #6

Is safflower seed expensive? RiffRandell Mar 2012 #7

It's somewhat more expensive than regular bird seed. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2012 #8

I had a plastic version of that feeder wysimdnwyg Mar 2012 #9

Well, so far so good. RiffRandell Mar 2012 #10

If your feeder is on a metal post, benld74 Mar 2012 #11

They're merely mocking you sarge43 Mar 2012 #12

Solution that worked after several years and multiple feeder types rcatty Jan 2013 #13