toni
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| Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:48 pm Post subject: New Bird feeder and the Ninja Squirrel |
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My wooden birdfeeders have finally literally fallen apart from years of rain,heat,squirrels and birds so I found a couple of new ones on sale Sunday.
The large metal one needs to be mounted on a stand which will be done one evening this week.
But this one I hung up outside the window near my computer. I expected the first visitor would be a squirrel and it might have been one that I didn't see.
The lady Cardinal I did see flew off before I could get back to the window with the camera.
Later in the day I saw this on the limb....
And this is what I have seen most of the morning so far...
It appears to be a difficult feeder for the squirrel to master so she isn't emptying it as quickly as she would have the old one.
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kuntrygal
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| Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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Toni, I bought two very similiar to yours this year...and if you think the squirrels will not find a way to get the food, you are sadly mistaken. They hang upside down on the feeder, hang on a tree limb and reach to get the food. They have to be one of the most agile creatures on this earth. I don't think there is a bird feeder that is squirrel proof. I finally gave up trying to feed the birds, because I was feeding squirrels instead! 
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gardengater
NC
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| Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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I once witnessed a squirrel that climbed my Sunflower and was contentedly munching on the seeds about 6' in the air.
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toni
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| Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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Oh, yeah, I know where there is a will there is a way when it comes to squirrels and birdfeeders. I have seen them in so many contorted positions on the other feeders.
I try to keep 5 or 6 birdfeeders filled so the birds have something to eat while the squirrels are feasting at their favorite dinning spot.
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petunia
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| Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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Our squirrels here, we sometimes call them kittens or cats only because their black in color.
I really shoud think about putting something out for the oreals in the spring. We have a few of them around here.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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Congratulations on your new bird feeders toni. I wouldn't mind feeding a squirrel or five as well as the birds. Our squirrels are small, red and full of mischief too, and with the cutest faces.
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toni
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Sjoerd, it is an Eastern Fox Squirrel. Full grown they can be 20-30 inches (50-75 centimeters) nose to tail tip and around 3 pounds (don't know what converts to). The color variation we have here in Texas has a grey back with rust-colored undersides.
Randy calls them tree rats and some people call them dinner.
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tschnath
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| Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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Nice feeders Toni. I think the squirrels are super smart. They've always emptied my feeders no matter how I've tried to stop them. They are cute I think and they can be fun to watch especially if there are two or more.
Since I started putting out the corn/seed mix they sell in the stores for the squirrels, they don't bother the feeder as much. As long as I remember to put it out that is. Good luck Toni and enjoy your new feeders.
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Sherry8
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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I am a big squirrel lover here...I miss them so much from the other house...I had about 12 of them,all kinds and colors. I loved all the funny things they did...The one squirrel I had here quit coming to visit..I would of given him anything to get him to stay...He should of asked...LOL
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glendann
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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They are cute but very distructive.
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