I have been doing battle with a family of gray squirrels who seem to think my bird feeders are their own private a buffet. You remember this post, Smorgasbord.
I love watching the birds so knew I had to find a way to discourage this squirrel gluttony.
I started with this baffle.
Because our squirrels had learned to shimmy this pole, the little buggers!
It has worked great!
This last weekend I got the first squirrel proof feeder.
They are a little pricey so I will wait a couple weeks to replace the other larger feeder by the driveway.
This morning while having my coffee and watching the birds, the gray gang arrived and were shocked to find the buffet closed to them. They tried a few approaches all to no avail.
Ha! It was satisfying to see them settle on the ground to munch on the leavings.
Too bad I didn't snap a few photos of the perplexed looks.
I can't wait to replace the other feeder.
Monday, April 20, 2009
The squirrel battle
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We have matching bird feeders. Go us! Except, not go us. The squirrels can get on that one. At least they could in VA. Maybe we had exceptionally smart squirrels down there. Good luck! Hope it works out for you.
Yup - as Ellyn noted, that is not the same as my feeder. The problem with them is that it is short enough that they figure out how to hang off the edge of the roof and still get something to eat. Maybe MA squirrels are dumber - or shorter. Let's hope so anyway.
Well we are hoping the squirrels are dumber up here then. We'll see.
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