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First time I've seen that stag approach the bird feeder where I mixed in the Texas Hot Sauce. He went for the seed so quickly that all I could get was a blurred picture. Then he pulled back and gave me a long reproachful stare through my office window.
And then turned tail and left. I tell myself that hot sauce can't really poison anyone, or how could they sell it for people? But I feel bad.
The expression on your Bambi's face is priceless. And I wouldn't feel too sorry for him, myself. As noted earlier, I take an extremely dim view of deer because of the damage they do to vegetable gardens. Moreover, our neighbors across the street had a deer run out in front of them near Exit 44 on the Thruway the Sunday before Thanksgiving, and the collision totaled their Toyota Corolla. They're darned lucky not to have been injured.
ReplyDeleteI'm not so sure it's a reproachful look. Looks more hart-broken to me. (heh, heh, heh)
ReplyDeleteBut, how are the birds reacting? Connie
ReplyDeleteWhat a let down that hot sauce must have been, written all over the deer's face. Thanks for sharing Edith! Sue Henning, Excellus.. :)
ReplyDeleteAs promised, the birds don't seem to mind it at all. And the squirrels do stay away. But I wish some grad student would write for a grant and do a definitive study on whether pepper hurts birds.
ReplyDeleteCornell Lab did a study over 15 yrs ago. Tried it with chickens for 5 months. Cooked them. They tasted spicy. Affected egg production and the babies. No ulcers in stomachs, but they said 5 months is not a long enough study so not to do it. Did not keep squirrels away when tried on seeds nor rats out of coops. Birds do not have the taste receptors for tasting hot peppers. They used capsaisin for testing.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the information. I'll reconsider.
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