I had this vision a month ago on my sunflowers. I now have half eaten, falling down heads. The yellow finches moved in. At first I blamed the squirrels, but then I saw those finches and they eat from the top down, so the squirrels come along and eat from the bottom up. I now have a section of mostly empty stalks.
I'll bet your flowers had already gone to seed. I harvest them fast when they're ready --- long before they get dried up --- if I want any of the seeds to go to the chickens instead of the local wildlife. The goldfinches will even come and pick out the seeds as they dry under the porch!
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I had this vision a month ago on my sunflowers. I now have half eaten, falling down heads. The yellow finches moved in. At first I blamed the squirrels, but then I saw those finches and they eat from the top down, so the squirrels come along and eat from the bottom up. I now have a section of mostly empty stalks.
(and some fat birds and squirrels)