I got a 25lb bag of unshelled peanuts for the raccoons so they wouldn't eat the kibble but it's the birdies that are pigging out. Grab one, fly away, put it in their little birdie safety deposit boxes and then fly back. Well, either that or I've got more blue jays and mockingbirds than the rest of NJ. I know that I shouldn't root for the cats in cats v. birds but then I think maybe I'm just helping evolution along. The birds however are quite cautious and skilled on the whole. There's only been once in the past 3 years or so that I've found any concentration of feathers anywhere and no bodies. So only the demented or junkie birds should have any issues.