So remember back in January when my old birdfeeder was finally retired and I got the new one?
And remember two weeks later when I showed how the squirrels were trying to pry off the heavy metal lid (it has locking mechanisms so won't just slide).
Well, they have a new tactic that is working for them. They have managed to bend the metal wires close enough to the tube, that they either chewed, or clawed the bottom off of one of the ports; How it should be (and is on most ports):
How one of the bottom ports is now (it wasn't that way when I filled it Friday evening):
That is some heavy duty plastic, embedded into PVC tubing that they have mutilated. Now the seed just spills out onto the seed catcher and the squirrels can easily scoop it out with a paw.
Who needs bears when the squirrels are this determined?
There is no such thing as "squirrel proof" when it comes to feeders!
Posted by: Cop Car | May 20, 2013 at 08:05 AM
oddly enough I've not had a huge squirrel problem this year. I took potshots at a few, but not that many, over the last year, so thats not why. But we've only had a few seriously pester the feeders, and they all disappeared after I left everything except the nijer feeder empty for a week.
Posted by: Ruth | May 22, 2013 at 09:20 AM