Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for May 21, 2019

Don’t count on it.

Be interesting to see a bird fly to that feeder.

Lately, it seems like a lot of Wiley’s strips are about squirrels.

“Ummm…. Is that little ship with the bushy tail sticking out headed right for us?”

Here comes the moon squirrels!

The squirrels are going to go for it and moon him at the same time.

Look theres a flying squirrel with a moose and a couple of moon men.

Great. Now we have to contend with Moon Squirrels. I hear they are causing the moon quakes and making it shrink.

Hey! If the birds can make it, so can the squirrels!

What’s behind Wiley’s recent obsession with squirrels?

Wylie seems to have a thing about squirrels at the moment.

Maybe not https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b9/1a/49/b91a49533dce3d6959cd9b26bf13f220.jpg

This is so timely for me! I am now looking into purchasing squirrel-proof bird feeders. I had 2 feeders on a tree in my yard and I noticed that there was a lot of squirrel activity. Last week I filled both feeders up and they were totally emptied the next morning TWICE. I know the birds weren’t getting it. I’m not up for fat squirrels, either.

A birdhouse on the moon? Proof that the moon landings are fake!

Gidney and Cloyd will just skrootch any lunar squirrels that get too close….

I actually think that might just work. Our scientists are brilliant. I was a little worried all that money had actually been wasted just to plant a flag on the moon. But this, this is so worth it. Take that you seed stealing fluffy tail tree rats. Ha!

Won’t work.

I set fire to my blanket, now i don’t have to worry about those pesky fleas.

My feeder hangs off the house and I had something under it and the squirrel would jump into the tray at attached to the bottom. It was as fun to watch him/her as the birds.

it was supposed to be “One small step for a man …” but the voice activated recorder missed the “a”.

Does Dave Whammond know about this?

I wrapped flashing around the pole next to the bird feeder. Squirrels try to stretch over and raid the feeder, but they slide down the pole.

I’m disappointed that there isn’t a squirrel in a little space suit poking its head out from behind that boulder. :-D

Squirrelllllllllllllls innnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace.

So that’s why the squirrels in my yard have been carrying around slide rules and staring into the night sky.

Only until they perfect that acorn-based propulsion system.

This is a challenge to Rocket J. Squirrel, aka Rocky the Flying Squirrel.

The squirrels in those Youtube videos navigating arcanely-designed obstacle courses to get to the feeder will undoubtedly find a way…

It took me years to stop the squirrels from emptying my feeders. The right feeders, the perfect placement for the squirrel baffles, and the feeders just far enough away from limbs to keep the squirrels from leaping. Then the hawks showed up for some small bird snacks off my feeder. I moved my freestanding feeders to be under trees with the baffles as added protection against the hawks. Got the feeders right again, and the possums and raccoons showed up to empty the feeders every night. I tried the crushed red pepper, but I’ve had better luck with Screaming Squirrel Sauce which is hot pepper laced oil. It’s pricey, but with the price of sunflower so high, it’s a bargain. Plus, it keeps those dang raccoons at bay. I now also use a ground Duncraft birdbath tucked by some bushes and a brick fence to protect my birds from those hawks and the local cats.

We got a bird feeder tree(?) from Wild Birds Unlimited. It has a baffle(?) to keep squirrels and raccoons out of the feeders. Works great!! :-)

No “fake moon landing” comments here? Whew!

What? VP Mike Pence wants people back on the Moon by 2024 and Wiley is complaining?

Bibi Netanyahu (this is true) wants to use an Israeli rocket to send a Bible to the Moon. While I’m heartened that that would be one fewer of the Big Book of Appalling Horrors here on Earth, it does give new meaning to the world “squirrelly”.

I bet Sandy from Bikini Bottom would take on that challenge!

Don’t forget that Night Gallery about the secret of our Moon. There are giant intelligent rats live there and they set traps!

Or a sqwerl in a space suit as soon as he turns his back.

Just to point this out: in Japanese lore, the moon is inhabited by rabbits, not squirrels.

Yeah. The nuclear option for getting rid of squirrels gets rid of everything.

We pay them a little tribute in a tray, and hang the bird feeders from a horizontal piece of conduit that’s about 6 feet above the rail. Also on the conduit are 6-inch pieces of plastic pipe that are free to rotate. Each feeder has a “rain” hat that prevents the squirrel getting a grip on top. Both posts holding the high pipe have rat guards which actually work against squirrels. They used to leap from the nearby maple to the horizontal pole and then flip over and off, but it’s been three or four generations since they tried that.

Forget it, Wiley. They’ll have it figured out by next weekend.

It ain’t gonna work.

Weak

My money is on the squirrel.

But they look so cute in their little space suits!

Squirrels…on the moon yet!

Grease the pole. And watch them sliiiiiide… (You have to clean and reapply though because it picks up dust fast, turns tacky, and they decide they can put up with that.)