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Dear John,

The Cardinal is my favorite bird. In fact I think it should be the official bird of Warwick, but maybe we should talk about that after the election. As far as feeding, Cardinals love safflower seeds. It is a snow white seed that can be purchased in any wild bird store. There is a bonus as well. Squirrels HATE safflower seeds. I have fed them to Cardinals all my life and I never saw a squirrel even look at them.

Otherwise Carol can just use an old family recipe. Mix some cayenne pepper with shortening. Coat the bird feeder pole with the mixture and watch the reaction when the squirrels start their climb! You can actually see them grimace when they lick it off their feet. I promise you John, they won't try it twice!

Happy hunting.

Rick