Cole’s Blazing Hot Blend mixes premium seeds with a coating of habanero chili oil, taking advantage of the fact that birds have no receptors for capsaicin heat while squirrels and other mammals find it overwhelming. Birds feed normally on the same seed that sends squirrels packing.
Fill a hopper or tube feeder with it as your everyday mix where squirrels are a problem, and handle it with care since the chili coating is genuinely hot to human skin. The blend draws a broad range of songbirds while the heat does the squirrel-proofing.
Cole’s Wild Bird Products has blended specialty bird feed in Kennesaw, Georgia for years, known for clean, high-quality seed and its hot-pepper line.
