Page 7 of 11
Re: Squirrel
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2018 9:12 pm
by Butterfly
Jacksparrow wrote:Butterfly wrote:I'm getting fed up with this squirrel, it keeps raiding the feeders and jumping all over the place, scaring all the birds
You may need to withdraw the bird feeding for a while in the hope it will go elsewhere. They are very persistent while there is a food reward for their efforts.
I've been away for 2 weeks, so the food was not on offer for most of that time. It took a couple of days for the birds to realise that the feeding station is back in action. I really don't want to stop feeding them again, that would be so confusing for them
. Bloody thing!
Re: Squirrel
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2018 7:53 pm
by Jacksparrow
Butterfly wrote:Jacksparrow wrote:Butterfly wrote:I'm getting fed up with this squirrel, it keeps raiding the feeders and jumping all over the place, scaring all the birds
You may need to withdraw the bird feeding for a while in the hope it will go elsewhere. They are very persistent while there is a food reward for their efforts.
I've been away for 2 weeks, so the food was not on offer for most of that time. It took a couple of days for the birds to realise that the feeding station is back in action. I really don't want to stop feeding them again, that would be so confusing for them
. Bloody thing!
I suspected you may say that. If the pesky squirrel is frightening the birds it won't be long before they look elsewhere. There is no easy answer.
Re: Squirrel
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:59 pm
by Butterfly
I saw 2 young ones today in my garden!!
. I watched them exploring, and they started coming towards my garden door, which is all glass, so they couldn't see me standing there watching because of the reflection. So I waited for them to come really close .... and than I opened the door with as much noise as I could master and I jumped out! They almost had a heart attack
. Totally freaked out and run away with a speed of light
But you are right Jack, the birds might decide its too much hassle dealing with a pesky squirrel and go elsewhere
. I will wait though, and try and discourage the squirrel first, and if that fails I will take food away from them and possibly buy a pellet gun and shoot them
Re: Squirrel
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2018 10:41 pm
by Butterfly
I'm exaggerating of course, I couldn't shoot/harm any animal
Re: Squirrel
Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2018 10:01 am
by Placido
A treerat
. First of the season. The back lawn is as yet unremodelled (
unremodelled ???
) unlike the previous 2 years.
I forecast A Mild Winter
.
Re: Squirrel
Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2018 5:05 pm
by Butterfly
Rest assured your lawn will be remodelled now Placido
. Mine has been for a while now, I have few tree rats around, I think it might be a family
. Two of them had an argument today, a lot of screaming and jumping up in the air went on
Re: Squirrel
Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2018 8:45 pm
by Jacksparrow
Placido wrote:A treerat
. First of the season. The back lawn is as yet unremodelled (
unremodelled ???
) unlike the previous 2 years.
I forecast A Mild Winter
.
I think we are pretty much past the lawn excavation period. The nuts have been gathered and cached and all they have to do is remember where they left them
Re: Squirrel
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 9:51 am
by Placido
Much heartened by your wise words, Jacksparrow
.
I eagerly anticipate the warm winter to come
.
Re: Squirrel
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2018 3:14 pm
by Butterfly
When I came back from my trip I saw that all the coconut suets went missing, and I left about 10 of them! And its not that they were empty, they were gone. Clearly, the little thieves stole them
. They bit through the rope that is attached to them, and which I used to tie them. And I had to chase them few times when I saw them doing it again
. So I bought from Amazon those metal wire baggage/key tags and used them to tie the coconuts. And it worked!
I had fun watching the little thief battling for ages to take it away. Unsuccessfully!
Re: Squirrel
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 10:24 pm
by Butterfly
I saw my resident squirrel sitting on the garden fence happily munching on an apple, I guess its trying to be healthy