May 18th, 2010
I put up a bird feeder this past winter and was delighted, not just by the birds that fed at the feeder, but at what I dubbed the" ground crew" – birds such as juncos and Bewick's wrens that ate the seeds on the ground. Then the squirrels invaded and the ground crew flew away. We've always had squirrels, but once the feeder came up, the squirrels really became obnoxious. Not only that, for the last couple years, it's been a fight between the squirrels and us over who would get the most fruit from our fruit trees.
March 26th, 2010
Pennsylvania
After all the storms we had over the past couple months, apparently some roamers chewed through one of my vinyl siding vents over top of my garage. A week ago my neighbor pointed it out to me. I boarded up the vent immediately and the following morning when I went up into the attic to look at the vent from the inside I found I had company…….. Yeah, face to fuzzy face…….
March 2nd, 2010
Minnesota
Now, I am a true nature lover and watching the animals that visit my yard has delighted my whole family this winter. But those darn squirrels!! I put out corn for them – separate and far away from my bird feeders. And guess where they end up? Trying to get into my bird feeders! You know how it goes – last year we tried greasing the pole holding the feeder, putting an upside down bucket so they couldn’t get at the feeder and putting a cone over the top. And you probably can guess that none of it worked.