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Do you have squirrels who frequently visit your yard looking for something that does not belong to them? Most likely you do. Keeping the squirrels away from the bird’s food is not a difficult task. I had problems in the past about the squirrels digging into I decided to do some searches on my own to see which technique would keep the squirrels away from the Bird Feeder. I started my search with the squirrel proof bird feeder. Providing the birds with a Squirrel Proof Birdfeeder will keep the squirrels out of the bird’s food. Some of the squirrel proof bird feeders have adjustable weight settings, seed saver baffle and a seed level indicator window. Others squirrel proof bird feeders have a motor that makes the perch spin, and the squirrels are flipped off of the feeder harmless. The squirrel proof bird feeders are high quality, durable and resistant.
When I provided the squirrels with a Squirrel Feeder it kept the squirrels busy. One day I hung a squirrel feeder away from my bird feeder and I watched the squirrels for several weeks to see if they would keep digging into my bird’s food or not. I noticed that they weren’t coming to my bird feeder as often as they used to. I started to provide them every week with corn until they forgot about my bird feeder. The Squngee Deluxe Squirrel Feeder not only kept them away from my bird’s food but the squirrel feeder entertained me too. Now I love to watch the squirrels bouncing up and down on their new toy which always has corn on it.
Nowadays with these tough times everybody has been living in, it has been hard to afford buying corn as often as we would like. I can give you another suggestion to keep the squirrels away from your bird feeder and maybe it is not that expensive. I have 2 orange trees in my backyard and I saw some of the fruit on the ground getting spoiled. I took some fruit to work and gave some (Squirrel Video) Another fruit that a customer told me they eat is the coconut. She mentioned that squirrels love to eat coconut and depend on them as a food source. They prefer the fully mature, hard nut, but are perfectly happy to devour an immature nut as well. The coconut provides plenty of nutrition and moisture. They won’t eat spoiled old nuts or immature jelly like meat. The cardinals and chickens love the jelly meat. If the squirrels are extremely hungry they will also eat the tiny, immature nuts the size of golf balls. This is unfortunate since it ruins the stems of future nuts.
The squirrels stopped eating my bird’s food. They know they don’t belong there and they will get their own food. |
How To Keep Squirrels Away From Your Bird’s Food.
February 28th, 2010
Do birds steal food from squirrels?
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My backyard always receives visits from birds and squirrels.
There are all kinds of birds in my backyard such as Cardinals, Blue Jays, Mocking Birds, American Robin, etc.
There’s always something going on in my backyard. I spend hours there watching the birds eating, flying, hiding between branches or singing. I love to stay there and take pictures of the birds and squirrels. Here are some pictures that I took. |
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Red Cardinal on the Absolute Squirrel Proof Birdfeeder. |
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| Bird Under Orange Tree. | Egrets. |
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You may be impressed… but squirrels don’t eat the bird’s food in my backyard because I provide them with food. I always feed the squirrels with corn and I feed the birds with sunflower seeds, safllower seeds and oranges. I used to watch the squirrels always trying to get into my squirrel
Something funny! Instead of the squirrels stealing the bird’s food I have noticed some birds have been stealing the food from the squirrels. When the squirrels are gone, (while they have the opportunity) I have seen the cardinals sneaking into the corn and eating the corn as fast as they can. When they notice that the squirrels are coming back they immediately fly to the bird feeder. |
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Squirrel Eating Acorns. |
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In my backyard I have some orange trees. Lately I have noticed that some of the oranges are spread throughout the yard, close to my fence far from the orange trees. That made me question myself about what these oranges are doing around the yard and so far from the trees. I thought that the weather could have spread them around, but I wasn’t sure. So, I decided to spend more time being alert to what was going on in my backyard. I finally found out the reason that there were oranges spread around my yard. One day while I was there taking picture of the birds, I saw a |
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The squirrel leaves the Oak Tree. |
The Squirrel pauses for a moment before going towards the Fence. |
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The squirrel can almost reach the orange tree. |
The Squirrel jumped off of the fence and stole an orange off of the tree. |
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After stealing the Orange, he is seen up high in a nearby Oak Tree. |
I think he likes his tasty snack. |
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He regained his hold on the orange so he won’t drop it. |
He is devouring the orange. They provide hydration to squirrels so they |
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January 3rd, 2010Like many of you, I have several squirrels running around my yard digging through my flower pots, digging holes and burying acorns into my garden. I asked my wife “How can I make my garden a squirrel proof garden?” She said visit Outdoor Birdfeeders, Inc. They have squirrel products that will attract squirrels away from your garden making it a squirrel proof garden.” I then asked her what about keeping them out of our birds’ food?” She mentioned that Outdoor Birdfeeders, Inc. has several squirrel resistant and squirrel proof bird feeders available to choose from. She then gave me their website address http://www.OutdoorBirdfeeders.com.
Cliff Swallow
December 27th, 2009Swallows nest in colonies that may contain from 12 to 500 nesting pairs. They build their nests close to buildings, bridges and other structures. They use mud, hair, grass and feathers to build their nests, sometimes when they are lazy to build a nest they lay their eggs in another swallow’s nests. They spend most of their time catching insects, and the only time they are on the ground is to collect mud for their nests.
Red Cardinal Feeder
December 21st, 2009Male Cardinals are an all red bird with a pointed crest and a black patch at the base of its heavy, triangular red bill. Female Cardinals are Buff-brown, with some red on the wings and tail. The crest, dark face, and heavy red bill are distinctive.
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Snowman Bird Feeder
December 18th, 2009Bring the holiday joy to your yard with this Snowman Birdfeeder. The Snowman Bird feeder is dressed up in his winter hat and bright scarf. With a smiling face the Snowman holds a tray full of seeds while waiting for his feathered friends to return.
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How to Protect Baby Birds from Outdoor Cats.
November 29th, 2009I saw two little birds in the nest near my house which is unprotected without their parents near them. While I was looking at them I realized that the mom bird was watching me, just to make sure I wasn’t getting to close to her babies. While she was observing me, she was looking for food to give to them. She approached the nest and fed her babies. She was trying to protect them from predators.
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