[birdky] Re: Squirrel-proof bird feeders?
- From: Jackie Elmore <jackiebelmore@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: BirdKY BirdKY Listserve <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 21:54:36 -0600
I've tried the sturdy wire trick and it works very well. I used a wire the size
of electric fence wire, ...if you use too heavy a wire, the squirrel CAN walk
the line trapeze fashion. I don't think a squirrel would attempt a thin wire
walk. It works great if you attach one end to the house and the other thirty
or more feet away to a large tree (use eye screws) with very few lower
branches. Place the line about eight feet off the ground and the feeder
somewhere in the middle and if possible out of jumping range, fifteen feet or
so from the house or the tree. You'll probably need a ladder to reach and fill
the feeder but this should work! When I lived in Louisville we had many
squirrels and this worked the best...100%.
Jackie B. Elmore
Lincoln Co. KY.
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 20:06:39 -0500
Subject: [birdky] Re: Squirrel-proof bird feeders?
CC: JEswindell@xxxxxxx; itsacharliebrownchristmas@xxxxxxxxxxx;
birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: marygbarry@xxxxxxx
From: dctichenor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
We solved our squirrel problem by stretching a sturdy wire line between the
corner of our house and a nearby standing dead tree stub. The line is about 7
feet off the ground. We hung a feeder from a hook on the line, far enough from
either end so the little scoundrels can't jump on it from tree or house. They
sit underneath and look wistfully up at the feeder, but apparently they are not
very good at jumping straight up. They have also eyed the wire but have not
dared to try to walk it, trapeze fashion.
We also have a cylindrical feeder hanging from a pole. We installed a
funnel-like barrier on the pole so the squirrels could not climb it. I think we
bought this item at a Wild Birds Unlimited or somewhere. The squirrels tried
and tried and tried to jump on the feeder from a nearby tree branch but after
days of busting their bellies when they invariably fell to the ground, they
gave up.These measures ended our problems after we'd fought unsuccessful
battles with the squirrels for years.
We have raccoons around the yard but so far they have contented themselves by
scarfing up bits of seed on the ground.
Doris Tichenor
On Wednesday, December 2, 2009, at 07:47 PM, marygbarry@xxxxxxx wrote:
Put a raccoon baffle on a tall pole away from bushes etc that the squirrel
could use as a launching pad. If have to use a feeder not on a pole, get the
kind with the tube inside a cage - about 90 dollars but work very well
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From: JEswindell@xxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 19:37:50 EST
To: <itsacharliebrownchristmas@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [birdky] Re: Squirrel-proof bird feeders?
You need one that is proof against raccoons as well as squirrels. I don't
think there are any! I just regard the lost seed as "squirrel tax" and go one
with it.
John Swindells
Nelson County
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