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Nefarious Four (plus Rattail)
Well, after eight years of watching nifty birds at my feeders,
suspended from my eaves, the squirrels have figured out they can just climb up my siding and leap to the feeders. This started when cowbirds began to use the feeders a few months ago, flinging vast quantities of seeds to the ground, which attracted the 5 squirrels who then noticed that the manna from heaven wasn't from quite as high up in the sky as they'd thought. I've noticed that the squirrels reach the feeders from various places on the siding, and from the screened porch roof, landing on various parts of the feeders. My (faulty) ideas to date: -Chicken wire between the feeder and the house: 1. they would just land on it and crawl around to the other side. 2. it's ugly and would also be between the window and the feeder, and impossible to refill the feeder. -Chicken wire around the feeder: 1. DOH! Then the birds couldn't reach it, either -Slinkys (which I heard possibly here, are entertaining to watch as the squirrel grabs it to climb onto the feeder, and goes falling): 1. They aren't coming up a pole, but leaping from various angles onto various parts of the feeder. -Standing near the window, with fly swatter stuck through small opening at top, yelling and hitting at squirrel: 1. Works great for aprx. 3 minutes -Showing Mingus (my Plott Hound) the squirrel through the window, getting him all psyched whispering "LOOK Mingus, squirrel!" and letting him out the door. 1. Yeah!!! Fun show. Ming gets good exercise. Squirrel never gets caught, so never have to feel guilty. Lasts a good 15 minutes, and then they are back. I would not use guns or poison. Traps? Are squirrels territorial? If I relocated them, would they die or be killed? Darn! I have really enjoyed watching the squirrels cavort among the trees all these years. I even liked them cleaning up the seeds from the ground. But they have overstepped their boundaries. Kira |
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