Sort of thread drift - but sort of not as it involves the birdfeeders.

Guess I'm a social worker to the bone. Ya'll have listened to my squirrel rants and this summer they have been particularly aggravating as one squirrel is willing to tolerate the hot pepper oil in which I was marinating the peanut/fruit blend I put out for the woodpeckers and nuthatches.

Have a sick squirrel that I have been watching for the past 2 weeks. Very thin and lethargic but stays under the feeders, scavaging for any seed that the birds drop or that gets spilled when I fill the feeders. Am having a very difficult time resisting the urge to put feed on the ground for it.