[TN-Bird] A farewell to squirrels

  • From: "John Skaggs" <skagerak7@xxxxxxx>
  • To: "Birdlist" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:09:46 -0500

Early last fall I was invaded by a pestilence of Grey Squirrels, 6 or 7 at 
time, which would quickly clean out my bird feeders. I chiefly feed Black Oil 
Sunflower Seed and with it selling at about .55/lb in our area at the time, I 
could ill afford to fatten a squadron of squirrels.
I found numerous squirrel-proof feeders on the Internet, but most are quite 
pricey and mechanical in nature which IMHO would make them subject to early 
failure.

I was about ready to give up when I stumbled on this site for a 
build-it-yourself squirrel-proof feeder. Here's a link to the site: 
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-build-a-Flexi-Perch-Squirrel-proof-birdfe/

I built a few of the feeders and have been Beta testing them ever since. They 
work...all the squirrels packed up and headed for the deep woods to work for an 
honest living!

I found the feeders easy and inexpensive to build.....my only quarrel with the 
design is that it offers only 4 feeder ports and I wanted more. I was, however, 
able to overcome this flaw and gin up a modified design for an 8-port feeder.

Should any of you care to see pictures of my 8-port feeder and read tips on how 
to make it, feel free to contact me.

John Henry Skaggs
Powell, TN
Knox Co. 
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