squirrelly notes

The cats and I love spend lots of time watching the birds at the feeders outside my office window.  We also watch squirrels. The house is surrounded by very tall, densely packed oak trees.  In the tops of many of them are huge (and I hope cozy) squirrel nests.  Everywhere you look, there are brown, oak leafy nests.  They (the squirrels) are fat, happy. and well fed at my squirrel bird feeders.  It’s a challenge that most folks don’t win; how and where to place the feeders to discourage the squirrels.  First off, squirrels LOVE a challenge.  I believe they take it as personally as Bostonians take a Patriots playoff game, or whatever.. go ahead, imagine your own local sports fan.  It being equal to the squirrel vs. feeder challenge psyche.  Got it?  My Dad came up with a challenge this year that actually lasted, hey I don’t know, a week?  Oh probably not, it’s far more likely that no one saw the squirrels win earlier.  It was a good one too, lots of ropes tied between far apart places and a suspended feeder.  My feeders..  they’ll use either, but the hanging platform is by far their favorite.  It’s easy to sit on while feasting.  I decided to move it the other day to give the cardinals a chance.  Here’s the result.

step 1: jump from post to feeder #1

step #2: use round top to jump to feeder #2

NO Problem!