[GodBlessUSA]

I know. They can grow accustom to everything. For a time they wouldn't eat safflower. They get use to it. Ewwwww, Dahshle/hidebeast on fox. Glad I put the volume down. :)

Anyway, I could never use a platform. It stinks because I know the Cardinals would love that. I throw enough seed that they can grab it from the ground too. My problem will become worse when I put fruit out. I just know it! :)

[sweetliberty]

I quit putting food on the ground, since those 2 birds died. I don't know if the stuff on the ground had anything to do with it, but I didn't want to take any chances. With all the rain we get, it's not hard to imagine that seed on the ground could become a fertile breeding ground for all sorts of micro-organisms, so for now, the ground feeders will just have to settle for what gets spilled by the other birds and by me when I fill the feeders. Unfortunately, discontinuing the food on the ground seems to have renewed the squirrels' determination to access the feeders.