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Coffee grounds can stop squirrels from stealing your bird feed — but you need to put it in this exact place

A zoomed-in photo of a squirrel on a bird feeder.

Adding coffee to your bird feeder could deter squirrels from stealing their food this spring - however, experts warn coffee can be harmful to your garden birds if not used the right way.

If there’s one thing all bird lovers agree on, it’s that squirrels also love the taste of bird feed, but this often results in our garden birds being pushed out of the roost, so to speak - which is why it’s worth knowing how to protect a bird feeder from rats and squirrels.

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