Looks
harmless doesn’t he. That furry rodent with the innocent eyes that lull you
into a lapse of judgment as it pertains to “feeder placement”. You think to
yourself, “It’s a squirrel, a dumb animal; how tough can it be to outwit this
critter. Please watch the video I have embedded.
Squirrels
are enviable. In the city they have no predators but the family automobile.
They roam free throughout the backyards of your neighborhoods looking for nut
and acorn trees, spring bulbs, and the free handouts represented in your bird
feeders.
Unlike
the birds they don’t mind their friends sharing in your bounty. Sometimes there
can be as many as eight to ten of these moochers scarfing up what the winged
slobs above them have tossed out.
This
would be fine but squirrels become discontent with their daily allotment from
on high. After a while they become bored with being the vacuum cleaners around
the base of the feeder; they begin to look up… and this is where it starts to
go very bad.
At this
time I would like to direct you to the article I did on this subject in greater
detail. In it I talk about the different ways you can measure the intelligence
of the squirrels in your neighborhood, and the different devise to control
them. Go to www.NiemeyerLandscaping.com
and click on the YouTube Enhanced Garden Articles tab; Scroll down to the one
titled Squirrels.
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