This reminds me of a beautiful female leaden flycatcher that used to sing loudly at my front veranda railing to get me to go downstairs and take the lid off a drum of water so she could have a bird bath.
Years ago my husband and I lived in the top floor of a 2-story house on a dead-end road (and had no downstairs neighbor). We used to leave a handful of in-the-shell peanuts for the neighborhood squirrels. One time we had run out but didn’t have a chance to go to the store to get more. We were watching TV in the living room when we heard a tap. We looked at the window…and there was the Matriarch of the squirrel family, tapping on our window!
Have one now. Also have a squirrel feeder. I keep the food in a metal garbage can. When the feeders are empty the squirrels try to pry the lid off. Funny. Now if I could just get rid of those flying rats, I mean pigeons. When I go out to fill the feeders, here they come, perching in the trees. I know they need food, too. But, I’m not buying food for them.
I’ve tried the Yankee Flipper feeder that spins squirrels off with a battery-powered motor when their weight triggers it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEW9TG6Dcgg
It was fun watching for two days. Then one of them slid down the feeder butt-first into the basket. It jammed the basket from spinning and burned out the battery. I kept recharging it, but they had the secret and eventually the battery died.
kittylover2 almost 11 years ago
Yep that should do it you little rascals.
jnik23260 almost 11 years ago
Shouldn’t they be hibernating about now?
Spotted Owl almost 11 years ago
This reminds me of a beautiful female leaden flycatcher that used to sing loudly at my front veranda railing to get me to go downstairs and take the lid off a drum of water so she could have a bird bath.
Wren Fahel almost 11 years ago
Years ago my husband and I lived in the top floor of a 2-story house on a dead-end road (and had no downstairs neighbor). We used to leave a handful of in-the-shell peanuts for the neighborhood squirrels. One time we had run out but didn’t have a chance to go to the store to get more. We were watching TV in the living room when we heard a tap. We looked at the window…and there was the Matriarch of the squirrel family, tapping on our window!
Reality,really? almost 11 years ago
I’ve had hummingbirds chirp at my window when the feeder was empty.
Ray_C almost 11 years ago
My cats threaten death if the dry food bowl is empty or I don’t open them a can of food at 5:30 PM.
Sharon Hayes almost 11 years ago
The birdfeeder looks like the ones I have and when they’re empty, they knock them off the pole as a “gentle reminder,.”
samfran6-0 almost 11 years ago
Have one now. Also have a squirrel feeder. I keep the food in a metal garbage can. When the feeders are empty the squirrels try to pry the lid off. Funny. Now if I could just get rid of those flying rats, I mean pigeons. When I go out to fill the feeders, here they come, perching in the trees. I know they need food, too. But, I’m not buying food for them.
Ray_C almost 11 years ago
I’ve tried the Yankee Flipper feeder that spins squirrels off with a battery-powered motor when their weight triggers it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEW9TG6Dcgg
It was fun watching for two days. Then one of them slid down the feeder butt-first into the basket. It jammed the basket from spinning and burned out the battery. I kept recharging it, but they had the secret and eventually the battery died.
Sailor46 USN 65-95 almost 11 years ago
Squirrels don’t know subtle.