Drat this working for a living all to heck.

I put out millet and black oil sunflower seeds (unhulled) on my driveway to create Cat TV. Which means, of course, that birds become accustomed to this food supply being here, so I throw it out even on top of the shellac.

I just watched a ring-necked dove skid around trying to stay upright while pecking at seeds.

(Yes, I feel that this might be a metaphor for the "average American" trying to retain their grip on their vision of their country as reasonable and law abiding. There has been a lot of horror shellacked on the regular world.)