Capt Kirk Thank a Veteran today! Joined: 10 Sep 2005 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 1454
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 7:59 pm Post subject: Fat little bugger!
I had a squirel under the bird feeder eating his way to gluttoney! I use a mix of sunflower seeds and cracked corn mixed 50/50. I mix it myself. The sunflower seeds are for the birds that like them and the corn are for the birds that are to big to get the seeds. The nuthatches, Titmice and other birds scratch out what they don't want, which is the corn. The bigger birds like doves, cardinals and bluejays then come in on the ground to get the corn and the occaisional seed that lands down there too. The squirrels come in and get the corn also. But this one hasn't been pushing himself away from the table. He was so fat that when he ran off he wasn't running, he was waddeling! I bet there was no way he could climb a tree!
We have a squirrel that steals seed from Frank's(not our gnome) feeder. It doesn't climb trees. Our house is build on piers like a mobile home and that pesky squirrel keeps digging holes and gets under the house. As fast as I discover the hole and fill it he digs another one or digs out the same one if I don't fill it with rocks. As many peanuts as he buries in our yard, I'm surprised we don't grow peanut plants. Dooley
We have about 8 squirrls that visit daily . They are the big fox squirrls, and they are plenty chubby too. Besides the spilled birdseed, they eat the nuts from our 8 walnut trees. Fat as they are, they can still outrun our Sheltie who keeps them on their toes. The only time they don't show up is if the snow is too deep. I used to think that they were hibernating creatures. Not ours.
Capt Kirk Thank a Veteran today! Joined: 10 Sep 2005 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 1454
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 1:44 pm Post subject:
I will see if I can get a pic of him today. But this talk of squirrels reminds me of a squirrel video that was out a couple of years ago. Somebody had gotten tired of the squirrels raiding the bird feeder. So they got a squirrel proof feeder. It was round and was battery operated. Whe the change in weight from a squirrel set it off, it would spin to through the squirrel off of it. The video showed this one squirrel hanging on for dear life as the feeder spun rapidly. His hind feet were stretched out straight behind him. He hung on for a5 or 20 revolutions and then lost his grip and was flung across the yard. When he stood up to run away, he was so dizzy he could hardly walk. The video was hilarious to watch and luckily, no damage to the little guy!
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Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 2:30 pm Post subject:
I'd love to have seen that video!! Squirrels around here do a lot of damage. I've just had to go and buy two new bird feeders because the little devils had the last ones chewed to ribbons. They may look cute but I'd rather they stayed out of my garden.
Capt Kirk Thank a Veteran today! Joined: 10 Sep 2005 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 1454
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 3:07 pm Post subject:
Yep, that's the one! Except when I saw it, it ran longer and shoed him trying to stand up. His head kept going around and around. Eileen, I was able to find one that is all metal with glass sides on the hoppers, so there is nothing for them to chew but the seeds.
Capt Kirk Thank a Veteran today! Joined: 10 Sep 2005 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 1454
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 4:18 pm Post subject:
That is a Fox Squirrel, because of his reddish brown coloring. They get fairly big, a large one weighing between 2 and 3 lbs. They are also good eating too! I used to hunt them when I could get around better.
_________________ I planted some bird seed. A bird came up. Now I don't know what to feed it.
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They may look cute but I'd rather they stayed out of my garden.
I wonder how long he could hang onto the spinning squirrel feeder? I give him 3 seconds max.