Seed thief!
Feb 8, 2023 22:43:21 #
dj moore
Loc: Florida panhandle
Cute wee bugger, but they sure are greedy and persistent. We've also come up with a fool proof pole. It's a 3" PVC pipe with a "T" at the top. I hang my feeders up there and the pole is too fat for them to climb. I have a rare squirrel try, but they give up and go to easier sites.
Feb 9, 2023 00:14:49 #
I put up two new tube feeders with little rotating covers at each feeding station, the birds move it with their beaks to get at the seed. (they keep seed from spilling out and most rain out of the seed).
The squirrels chew the little round rotating part until they fall out, then the seed either falls out, the rain gets in or both.
Back to the Stokes tube feeders and their clones.
The squirrels chew the little round rotating part until they fall out, then the seed either falls out, the rain gets in or both.
Back to the Stokes tube feeders and their clones.
Feb 9, 2023 10:44:36 #
dj moore wrote:
Cute wee bugger, but they sure are greedy and persistent. We've also come up with a fool proof pole. It's a 3" PVC pipe with a "T" at the top. I hang my feeders up there and the pole is too fat for them to climb. I have a rare squirrel try, but they give up and go to easier sites.
I tried that method and it took about 2 weeks for my squirrels to over come the fat pipe. They learned to actually shimmy up the 3" stuff, so I put up 4". They would take a run at it and somehow RUN up the pipe and let their momentum carry them up to the feeders. I couldn't put the feeders any higher or I couldn't reach them.
Feb 9, 2023 16:12:40 #
dj moore
Loc: Florida panhandle
Maybe what I have is 4" pipe and stupid squirrels. My feeder is on wire so they could possibly grab on if they could get that high. Maybe I'm just lucky.
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