When we fail to get the bird… ahem, I mean squirrel food out by the expected time, the little varmits come around and pound on the dining room window (which happens to look out over the deck where we put out the feed). Literally: they run up on the box by the window and slam into it and bounce off, looking slightly dazed. Then another one does it.
I don’t take any side in the competition for food between birds and squirrels. They’re all wild animals and I expect them to fend for themselves. I’m not going to put out bird seed in feeders just to lure the birds closer so that I can look at them. But if I did, I couldn’t complain if the squirrels tried to “steal” it.
mddshubby2005 almost 3 years ago
“Da, I KNEW squirrel was nogudnik!” Boris Badunov
Concretionist almost 3 years ago
When we fail to get the bird… ahem, I mean squirrel food out by the expected time, the little varmits come around and pound on the dining room window (which happens to look out over the deck where we put out the feed). Literally: they run up on the box by the window and slam into it and bounce off, looking slightly dazed. Then another one does it.
Asharah almost 3 years ago
Don’t get in a battle of wits with squirrels robbing your bird feeder, it’s a losing cause.
eromlig almost 3 years ago
They’re delivering it to their friend in Reality Check.
Jayalexander almost 3 years ago
I think here would have been an opportunity to include a wedgie.
joem5636 almost 3 years ago
Squirrel stopper is backwards. Otherwise, it is almost impossible to stop every squirrel.
kartis almost 3 years ago
I always suspected that squirrels ran an organized crime syndicate. Well, perhaps a disorganized one.
russef almost 3 years ago
Grab your shotgun! Have you seen the price of birdseed lately?
Gent almost 3 years ago
Wow. A rare talking squirrel!
Kaputnik almost 3 years ago
I don’t take any side in the competition for food between birds and squirrels. They’re all wild animals and I expect them to fend for themselves. I’m not going to put out bird seed in feeders just to lure the birds closer so that I can look at them. But if I did, I couldn’t complain if the squirrels tried to “steal” it.
Alberta Oil Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Killing the golden goose comes to mind. That guy has a Costco membership.
Zen-of-Zinfandel almost 3 years ago
This is why you should be affectionut towards squirrels.
WCraft Premium Member almost 3 years ago
In other words – cut out the middle man?
sousamannd almost 3 years ago
I stop everyone that comes onto my deck. First, the cage, then the pellet, then they are part of the food chain for the hawks or cats!
Stupid almost 3 years ago
Squirrels are small time; for a big hit like this raccoons are going to be involved.
Rista almost 3 years ago
And people wonder why “Twirl-a-Squirrel” was such a popular bird feeder. (Check it out on YouTube)