[Zacs Mom]

That is another reason I like the hulled sunflower seeds so much - what falls to the ground is immediately eaten by the mourning doves and other birds that prefer feeding from the ground.

Take heart though.....even if you have attracted rats, you might soon also attract their predators -

They're neat to watch, too!

[Vigilantcitizen]

Awesome pics.

See post 39.

[sweetliberty]

"even if you have attracted rats, you might soon also attract their predators"

Good point.

[groanup]

We have red-tailed and red-shouldered hawks, great horned owls, barred owls, peregrine falcons, barn owls, you name it. The daytime predators seem to go for the squirrels and of course the falcons like birds. The owls seem to come and go. I do believe that they hang around for the rats.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

That is such a need bird.

I got to see a falcon once,he perched right in front of my house on the little streetlight we have there.It was a very nice surprise to see him sitting there ,I have never seen one that close before.