They're Not So Bad

The squirrels keep coming but they have not been as successful as before. We've put up squirrel-proof feeders and /or super baffles that prohibit the squirrels from getting to the seed.

This is our super-duper cone baffle that is awesome! The squirrels can't hang on to any part of it so it slips off when it tries to grab hold of it.

This dome one isn't wide enough so I double-baffled it and it worked. Unfortunately Emily wanted to use the wider baffle on another feeder so this one was not as protected as it could have been. We eventually moved it to a weaker branch which can't hold the weight of our fat squirrels.

This is our squirrel-proof feeder. The ledge clamps shut once the lever is pressed by the squirrel.

Emily got some cute sunflower feeders which the squirrels just love. It even uses the corn (which is supposed to be the squirrel food) as a stepstool to his sunflowers seeds.

We removed the sunflowers and it finally got the hint that the corn was for him!

This one found the bark butter... it has peanut butter in it.

A new predator.. this is a sharp-shinned hawk. Whenever it comes, all the birds disappear. Although it's pretty cool looking, Emily says it's not good to get hawks frequently in our backyard. They'll figure out it's a good birding backyard thus easy food for them. It depresses her when she has to think that in order to prevent the predators from coming she has to take down her feeders.

So squirrels aren't that bad!