 I feed birds also, you know. And back when it was colder, I accidentally spilt part of my bird seed in the yard. And I came inside, and I have this cayenne pepper that's ground real fine. I covered that stuff up with that until they were red. It wasn't but a few minutes, the squirrels were eating those seeds. Really? You didn't bother them at all, huh? Oh, that don't work. And I have some friends that they purchase only bird seeds that have the red pepper already in them.