Squirrel wars

We love birds (well, the cute ones really). We enjoy feeding them and watching them. We encourage them to visit our backyard, but those squirrels! What hogs! We don't wanna hurt the critters, just keep them off of our bird feeders. This blog describes some of our experiences in squirrel proofing our backyard. Not necessarily in chronological order.

Sunday, January 13, 2008

It's been cold, rainy and windy the last few days. Wind was sooo bad and the ground so soggy that the big bird feeder pole fell over. Squirrels were having a field day when I noticed it. Both feeders had spilled a nice pile of seed and it had turned into a feeding frenzy for the squirrels.

Also, I've noticed that they're getting up the other feeder pole pretty easily. It doesn't have a baffle on it, and I'd been oiling it down. Guess oil doesn't work in winter. Anyway, so I went to Canadian Tire yesterday and bought a baffle. Haven't put it up yet. But will have to soon.