Hi Zeuss.
When you mention Sunflower hearts are you meaning full sunflower seeds with the black husks on them? The birds will open these up and drop the husks which can leave a bit of a mess. With the sunflower hearts which have already been de-husked I find that there is no waste at all as the birds eat the whole heart/seed and any that are dropped are soon eaten by the ground feeding birds. I tend to buy 'no mess' mixes which although they're a bit more expensive due to the additional processing, they do save me a bit of time in cleaning below the feeders. I have a blender which I use to chop up whole peanuts but if you put sunflower hearts into it it tends to almost turn them into a powder. I hope this helps you a bit.
Paul
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Hi Paul,
Thanks so much for your reply,
The ground feeders won't go near the dropped seed due to close by a bush and cats tend to hide in there.
Hard situation to be in lol.
I don't think there is a device that can do that.
The birds do make a mess so I put a tray beneath the feeder to catch the seed.
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