"BAC" wrote in message
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"Judith in France" wrote in message
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On May 7, 9:40 am, "Ophelia" wrote:
Sheila wrote:
"Bill Smith" wrote in message
news:suilven- Can anyone suggest a low-cost deterrent which will not
harm the
squirrels but would allow the other birds (Most of which seem to
prefer peanuts to wild bird seed) to feed on the peanuts?

Thanks in advance for any advice,

Bill.

Hold me back! (speaking from Formby, one home of the beautiful
endangered red squirrel....) Fetch ma gun!!

Heh, nothing wrong with squirrel casserole. You need a few though

I had heard, on this ng many years ago about eating squirrel but I was
never sure if it was a joke or not. My neighbour tells me she has
eaten squirrel. Seriously, have you eaten squirrel and what does it
taste like if you have?

Do they have grey squirrels in your part of France, or has your neighbour
perhaps been eating red squirrels? Red squirrels used to be eaten in the
UK, before they became rare and protected, and loads of grey squirrels are
eaten in their native USA, as well as quite a few now in the UK.

We should have greys on the menu in the UK. They are classed as vermin
(rightly so), have played havoc with our native reds and will take bird eggs
from the nest. They are tree rats with good PR. We should also be eating
more venizon as the deer population in the UK is going through the roof - in
my bit of the UK they are often visible in the day just wandering through
fields & gardens.. eating crops, damaging rare ancient woodland habitats..
As much as I don't like guns, if I could shoot accurately I'd have no
hesitation about shooting for food.