I have designed, planned, & executed our garden to attract wildlife. I love to sit in our back room, where the TV is, & watch the feeders for alluring, appealing, adorable avian visitors. We live mere blocks to the mighty Columbia & Willamette Rivers & we have plenty of flying guests. We have spotted an Eagle (with his eye on a terrier dinner, I suppose) Red Tail Hawks, Goldfinches, Scrub Jays, a Woodpecker, & Hummingbirds. I have different feeders with a variety of seeds & suet, & apparently the squirrels love them all.
Fed up with the squirrels feeding frenzy, the Husband & I purchased a “squirrel proof feeder”. Is there such a thing? This item was expensive, but we were didn’t wish to have a winter with hungry avian & fat, satisfied squirrels. The Husband placed the new feeder close to the house for optimum viewing.
The new feeder is now deeper in the garden for the shy birds, but we had a day of gratifying diversion watching a squirrel try & negotiate the new device. This squirrel did not give up & I commend his wholehearted commitment to snatching those seeds. He apparently did not grasp the notion of “squirrel proof”.
The Squirrel lands on the window to prove that he is a HIM & to torment Junior.
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