Many nocturnal wildlife species may be drawn to your yard in search of bird food remnants. If this becomes a problem, the best preventative measure is to minimize any bird food left on the ground overnight.
A few ideas:
- Use catch trays under seed feeders.
- Feed sunflower hearts/chips so that no shells are scattered under the feeder.
- Switch to feeding finches nyjer seed (aka: thistle), which mammals don't like.
- Only use hummingbird feeders and suet feeders (no seed feeders), so that minimal food gets on the ground.
- Consider using premium seed that will all be consumed (i.e. sunflower hearts) rather than "wild bird seed" which contains cheaper ingredients like red milo and cracked corn, which only a few species (such as doves) will eat.
- Fill feeders or scatter ground seed in the morning, so that birds have a chance to eat it all before nightfall.
- Bring feeders inside at night.
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| Gray Foxes scavenging for leftover "wild bird mix" seed. |
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