[HairOfTheDog]

I do hose it down, I hose off the platform every day or two, spray down the visible mold, and I rake it... this mold (and sprouted seed) grows up overnight, or within hours, and adding more moisture to it probably just makes it grow back better. It's perhaps a NW fact of life, till the temps warm up a little. I just don't want to be killing birds, or making them sick, when they browse around down there if they eat that seed. I've thought of spraying it with a bleach mix before hosing it down... but then I'd probably just kill them with that.

Here's a closeup of what the ground underneath the platforms looks like, the greyish fuzz is the mold. I raked it a couple days ago.

One of my platforms where a squirrel was just a moment before when I was focusing. (Dang the shutter delay in digitals ;~D)

There he is.... wonderin' why I am interruptin' his breakfast.

[GodBlessUSA]

That is such a cute pictures. I love the coloring of your squirrels. I wish I had a suggestion about the mold. I will check with a friend who has been a birder for most of his 60 years and see if he has a suggestion. This man is incredible with information, brilliant. He helps me out all the time. Hopefully he will have a suggestion because that is a bummer to deal with.

I got such a kick out of this squirrel. I was on the deck and kept hearing a noise. I had my son come out to hear to figure it out. We looked up and finally saw this guy grinding his teeth down. LOL.

[sweetliberty]

Haha....that's a cute pic. I hate the shutter delay on digitals also. I hear they can be had without the delay, but sadly, I do not have one of those types either.

You might try calling a wild bird resource that is familiar with the problems in your climate area and asking them about the mold. If they're anything like the ones here, they can be quite knowledgeable. If you don't know of one, I'm sure one of the resource links in my previous post would show where there was one in your general area.