SWMBO, the gardener here, reports that she finds waxy yellow
balls of black sunflower seeds buried in the garden soil.

A google search has turned up nothing.

We wnder what pest or fauna would be responsible?

The sunflower seeds come from the various wild bird
feeders scattered around.

TIA

On 03/04/2023 17:34, gareth evans wrote:
> SWMBO, the gardener here, reports that she finds waxy yellow
> balls of black sunflower seeds buried in the garden soil.
>
> A google search has turned up nothing.
>
> We wnder what pest or fauna would be responsible?
>
> The sunflower seeds come from the various wild bird
> feeders scattered around.

Yes, it is possible that an animal could be doing this. Sunflower seeds
are a favorite food of many animals including birds like sparrows,
finches, and cardinals. Squirrels are also big fans of sunflower seeds.
Chipmunks, mice, raccoons, deer and rabbits are some other animals that
eat sunflower seeds.

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On Monday, 3 April 2023 at 17:34:30 UTC+1, gareth evans wrote:
> SWMBO, the gardener here, reports that she finds waxy yellow
> balls of black sunflower seeds buried in the garden soil.
>
> A google search has turned up nothing.
>
> We wnder what pest or fauna would be responsible?
>
> The sunflower seeds come from the various wild bird
> feeders scattered around.
>
> TIA

squirrels stealing bird food balls

On Mon, 03 Apr 2023 18:06:18 +0100, Bing AI wrote:

> On 03/04/2023 17:34, gareth evans wrote:
>> SWMBO, the gardener here, reports that she finds waxy yellow balls of
>> black sunflower seeds buried in the garden soil.
>>
>> A google search has turned up nothing.
>>
>> We wnder what pest or fauna would be responsible?
>>
>> The sunflower seeds come from the various wild bird feeders scattered
>> around.
>
> Yes, it is possible that an animal could be doing this. Sunflower seeds
> are a favorite food of many animals including birds like sparrows,
> finches, and cardinals. Squirrels are also big fans of sunflower seeds.
> Chipmunks, mice, raccoons, deer and rabbits are some other animals that
> eat sunflower seeds.

Yep, lots of chipmunks and 'raccoons' here in the UK.

On 04/04/2023 10:08, Bev wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Apr 2023 18:06:18 +0100, Bing AI wrote:
>
>> On 03/04/2023 17:34, gareth evans wrote:
>>> SWMBO, the gardener here, reports that she finds waxy yellow balls of
>>> black sunflower seeds buried in the garden soil.
>>>
>>> A google search has turned up nothing.
>>>
>>> We wnder what pest or fauna would be responsible?
>>>
>>> The sunflower seeds come from the various wild bird feeders scattered
>>> around.
>>
>> Yes, it is possible that an animal could be doing this. Sunflower seeds
>> are a favorite food of many animals including birds like sparrows,
>> finches, and cardinals. Squirrels are also big fans of sunflower seeds.
>> Chipmunks, mice, raccoons, deer and rabbits are some other animals that
>> eat sunflower seeds.
>
> Yep, lots of chipmunks and 'raccoons' here in the UK.

He merely mentioned them in passing. Squirrels 100% , the little shits

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On Tue, 04 Apr 2023 03:06:18 +1000, Bing AI <bing_ai@example.com> wrote:

> On 03/04/2023 17:34, gareth evans wrote:
>> SWMBO, the gardener here, reports that she finds waxy yellow
>> balls of black sunflower seeds buried in the garden soil.
>> A google search has turned up nothing.
>> We wnder what pest or fauna would be responsible?
>> The sunflower seeds come from the various wild bird
>> feeders scattered around.
>
> Yes, it is possible that an animal could be doing this. Sunflower seeds
> are a favorite food of many animals including birds like sparrows,
> finches, and cardinals. Squirrels are also big fans of sunflower seeds.
> Chipmunks, mice, raccoons, deer and rabbits are some other animals that
> eat sunflower seeds.

But I can't think of any of them that make waxy yellow balls of the
seeds they hoard. Tho maybe thats how some bird seed comes.