In the spirit of Halloween fun, I throw out this challenge (though I don’t really expect anyone to get it).
The first person to send the correct answer to this question will win a free munch box squirrel feeder. You won’t even have to pay for shipping.
Here’s the question.
What team plays here:
If you think you know the answer, send your name and address to:
With so many different types of squirrel-proof bird feeders and baffles, it’s hard to know just where to start in the effort to squirrel-proof your feeders. Here are a couple of basics to get you going.
If you’re starting from scratch and can set up your backyard feeders any way you want, I recommend having a platform bird feeder on a pole, and using a cylindar or lampshade squirrel baffle to keep the squirrel from …
Have you ever noticed that we often make up scenarios about people, play them out in our heads, and assign those characteristics to others? We have mental conversations with others and imagine what they would have said if we had said… Unfortunately, this often gives us an excuse to be unkind and even cruel.
Here’s a perfect example. The Navy Seals, which are an elite force but are also taught to kill, are trained to think …
Did you know the average gray squirrel can jump 3 to 4 feet straight up and can leap horizontally a whopping 10 to 12 feet? This may seem like it makes it impossible to position your feeder out of the squirrel’s reach, but here’s one trick: put your bird feeder on an upper story of your house.
There are a couple of different ways to do this. One way is to go to your local birding …
If you have squirrels that invade your bird feeders and want to keep the squirrels out of the feeders without spending a lot of money on a new squirrel-proof bird feeder, there are a few inexpensive remedies you can try to make the feeders you already have squirrel-proof.
If your feeder is on a pole, trying putting a PVC pipe around the pole. Squirrels don’t climb PVC pipe very well. Make sure your pipe is at …
As many birders know, birds are not sensitive to hot (spicy) tastes, such as pepper, but mammals, including squirrels, are. Therefore some people mix pepper in with their bird seed to make it unpallatable to squirrels.
I personally feel this is cruel. If the pepper just kept the squirrel from eating the seed, well and good. But a squirrel will try eating it, burn his mouth, rub his eyes, etc. My take on it is, I …
