(Unofficial poll) wild birds: what is the most ANNOYING pest

[Bird_Lover_17]

Hi! So, I but up my bird feeders already . Not Suet yet, just peanuts and a TINY bit of seeds. Of course the first thing to visit my feeder was a deer

So for all peeps who feed wild birds, what's the most annoying feeder pest??

 

[black_cat]

SQUIRRELS. SQUIRRELS, SQUIRRELS, SQUIRRELS. THE WORST. We CANNOT keep them out.

 

[chickenlittle21]

For other, foxes and snakes

 

[chickenlittle21]

SQUIRRELS. SQUIRRELS, SQUIRRELS, SQUIRRELS. THE WORST. We CANNOT keep them out.

I like having squirrels around my yard, they're fun to watch

 

[black_cat]

I like having squirrels around my yard, they're fun to watch

Squirrels are great when they're not DISMANTLING your bird feeders and DEMOLISHING your birdseed supply.

 

[chickenlittle21]

Squirrels are great when they're not DISMANTLING your bird feeders and DEMOLISHING your birdseed supply.

The squirrel in my yard don't bother my chickens or their feed. I sometimes leave a dish with black sunflower seeds for the squirrels and wild birds, I have even named 3 of the squirrels in my yard

 

[black_cat]

The squirrel in my yard don't bother my chickens or their feed. I sometimes leave a dish with black sunflower seeds for the squirrels and wild birds

Our problem is trying to feed the wild birds and having the squirrels stuffing themselves and all the birds scared away.

 

[Sally PB]

Our problem is trying to feed the wild birds and having the squirrels stuffing themselves and all the birds scared away.

Ditto! They are pigs with big fluffy tails.

 

[chickenlittle21]

Our problem is trying to feed the wild birds and having the squirrels stuffing themselves and all the birds scared away.

They share the seeds where I am. It may be because i am in Florida so I don't really have a winter so the squirrels don't have to stock up

 

[EggSighted4Life]

So for all peeps who feed wild birds, what's the most annoying feeder pest??

Parasites both internal and external and diseases like viruses spread by the wild birds themselves!

I just let nature takes it's course.. I can't kill off everything that blooms or fruits or seeds.. and nor do I want to.. so I just don't do extra thing to invite them to my yard, trees, pasture.. Despite fully enjoying all of the activity I do see.. including humming bird courtships, Stellar's Jays shrill calls, and the barn swallow that nests in my patio... Just to name a few.

In fact just yesterday I saw a red crowned woodpecker (not species specific, just a description) going at it on one of my trees and even got some cruddy video of it.. I LOVE seeing all the varieties of avian species.. they're so mesmerizing!

Not my personal issue.. but my friends grandma has to deal with bear if she puts out bird feeders.