Are Squirrels Smart Enough to Plan a Strategy to Steal Food?
Nov 9, 2020 18:43:38 #
Shooter41
Loc: Wichita, KS
After putting black oil sunflower seeds on the top of my steel pole bird feeder with a metal baffle in my backyard to keep squirrels away, I got a surprise this afternoon. Looking out my kitchen window, I could see Mr. Squirrel frantically eating sunflower seeds at the base of the birdfeeder. It was obvious that that the Kansas wind had blown many of the sunflower seeds down onto the lawn. The squirrel was looking up and appeared to be trying to decipher where the sunflower seeds were coming from. I grabbed my camera and began recording what happened next and struggling to learn what squirrels are capable of. I hope you enjoy his shenanigans!
Nov 9, 2020 18:51:35 #
Our squirrels electrocute themselves to turn off our electricity!
Nov 9, 2020 19:57:12 #
Nov 9, 2020 23:14:24 #
Shooter41
Loc: Wichita, KS
revhen wrote:
Our squirrels electrocute themselves to turn off our electricity!
The ones in my neighborhood do the same thing. I see squirrel pancakes in the street below the power lines. Thanks for responding.
Nov 9, 2020 23:15:35 #
Shooter41
Loc: Wichita, KS
Kmgw9v wrote:
Yes.
The squirrels don't seem to have a very good memory because they keep going back to try the pole again, only to run into the baffle over and over. Thanks for responding.
Nov 9, 2020 23:30:25 #
quagmire
Loc: Greenwood,South Carolina
That's why trees grow, they forgrt where they buried the acorns.
Nov 10, 2020 07:19:49 #
Before I bought a metal bullet looking metal baffle I tried electrifying the Yankee Droll large bird feeder. They kept chewing through the extension cords. Watching them jump off as quick as they got on it was amusing.
Nov 10, 2020 07:51:36 #
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Nov 10, 2020 09:14:46 #
cytafex wrote:
What do you have against squirrels? They need to eat too!
Squirrels are very smart. They have found a way to invade every feeder I have had includinhg the "squirrel proof" ones. I have no problem feeding the buggers but I hate their inability to share the feeder. They chase all of the birds away.
Nov 10, 2020 09:15:06 #
cytafex wrote:
What do you have against squirrels? They need to eat too!
Squirrels may seem fluffy and cute as they scurry throughout your back yard, but these small rodents can create big problems.
Squirrels in a yard environment often transition into a home via electrical wires or overhanging tree limbs. Once in a home, they generally take up residence in an attic where they create nests and multiply. In such scenarios, the presence of squirrels increases the risk of pests and disease making its way into a house, to say nothing of the physical damage done to the home's structure as the squirrels build their nests, gnaw electrical wiring and insulation which has the potential of causing fires , and sometimes get trapped and die in the walls.
Nov 10, 2020 09:19:07 #
I had a squirrel that figured out that if it jumped from a tree to the 'squirrel proof' feeder he could knock the seeds to the ground where he could get to them easily
Nov 10, 2020 09:40:47 #
bamfordr
Loc: Campbell CA
Shooter41 wrote:
The squirrels don't seem to have a very good memory because they keep going back to try the pole again, only to run into the baffle over and over. Thanks for responding.
I’ve decided that our squirrels are just checking to be sure nothing has changed. Either that or they don’t assume that others’ failure means they will fail. Took about a year for our squirrels to stop testing our feeder defense systems.
Nov 10, 2020 10:23:17 #
For every + there is a - symmetry is required by physics.
The counter question here is "Are Humans Smart Enough to Stop Squirrels From Stealing Food."
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