I had the same problem. I have a birdhouse on top of a 18 steel pole. Then about 5 ft below I have a feeder. The squirrels would jump from the fence to the pole. So I greased the pole. Now my neighbor sits on his patio in the morning drinking his coffee and watches the squirrels jump to pole and slide down....over and over again. He says it's his morning humor.
Great pics of the birds, the Red Breasted Grosbeak, the black with red chest is beautiful. We had a Morning dove make a nest on our window ledge, saw the eggs and the chicks grow up the whole summer. I saw a cardinal and blue jay last summer while I was gardening here in Southern Ontario, Canada. Cheers!
I got to admit….. you’re GOOD ! I have been watching videos of people trying to stop them from eating the birds food, they always give it up, you 😂 😂 ! I thought I was persistent you took the cake, bravo 👏🏻
Wonderful to be able to see such a variety of birds. Great photography. Thanks for sharing and for labeling. Otherwise, I'd never have known the names of the birds except for a Cardinal & the Oriole.
13: was delighted to see a Baltimore Orieole. We had a pair come to our property two years and never again. The 1st year 2 males fought along our fence line till they were so exhausted they lay motionless (10 minutes) I finally went out to see if they were even alive. They were and flew away! All sorts of sparrows, chickadees, occasional nuthatch, 3 species of wood peckers and 3 species of hawks come for lunch (till we let trees grow in so there is no "swoop room" for the redtails) We go thru as much a 300lb of seed over a fall and winter.
You created a system that effectively prevents squirrels from stealing from the bird feeders? That's amazing, considering how crafty and persistent squirrels are. The birds are so pretty!
Imagine being the squirrel and trying to figure out why one day you climbed it with no problem but the next day it hurts to climb it. It's kind of funny to think about
Ah 'Sparky' the squirrel and friends 🤣🤣 bit of a live wire this one 🤣🤣 Looks like they won't be 'pole dancing' either 🤣🤣Great vid ! nice to see the birds able to feed !👍
leadbutthead - Depends on what they were shot with. Paintballs are good and harmless. .22’s not unless the shooter is cooking, I am always looking for good recipes!
I don’t think 12 volts is torture, rather more like a wake- up call🐿🐿🐿🐁🐁🐁 if more it would sizzle the fur on its tail making it look more like a long haired rat
Beaker - All the smart squirrel has to do is chew through just one wire. It appears to be the soft plated type. I had the same kind of wires chewed thru by squirrels. I was forced to relocating 20 of them in one month using a HART Have-A-Hart trap.
Man, the sound track takes me back to the 70's I could just keep the sound track on repeat, grooovin' through the day. We're making the squirrels evolve. They'll be ready to take over when Humanity destroys itself. Edit: Smoke coming out of those little ears, you can see the electrons flowing in that little brainiacs skull.
I have a pair that come feed just before dark, especially in the winter months. The male is very timid, but the female will eat while I'm just feet away.
Has anyone ever told you that you look like Bob Seger? I see in the comments now that they have! Here in the Motor City feeding the squirrels 🐿 💃🏼👍🏼 He finally has a street dedicated to him in Allen Park MI 🕺🏻Beautiful pictures and videos in your compilation 👍🏼
Thank you very much for this lovely video. The Squirrel ruffling its tail after being zapped when trying to climb that pole and the look on the Squirrel's face at the end of the video was priceless. This video made my day.
Squirrels can be pretty friendly little creatures. I started feeding one at my brother's house, went on for a long time. He got to the point he would climb right on my knee and take food from my hand. They problem came when he told his friends about me. It made me nervous to go out in the morning and see 15 jittering squirrels all sitting in the driveway not afraid of me. Waiting for a hand out. My brother was pissed 🤣🤣🤣
I did the same thing about six months ago. Worked like a champ. Now the squirrels prowl the ground underneath cleaning up all the spilled birdseed. Every once in a while I see one staring at the pole like he was contemplating climbing it, and then returning to scavanging the ground underneath.
Thanks for all the different birds you identified after you solved the squirrel problem. I’m just getting into bird watching and that was really helpful!
I have one bird feeder and it's a lot of work. I have to think that your amazing variety of feeders is a real labor of love and not inexpensive. You've also figured out how to attract a huge assortment of birds. Very good.
Cool, and funny video. I've my own running battle with feeder-raiding squirrels and I am temporarily in the lead I think. LOL Beautiful shot of the RB Grosbeak and B Oriole together. I think your Sparrows are actually White-Crowned and Chipping.
Just got ourselves 2 bird feeders and a "squirrel defeater" (yep! That's the brand name as well). The bird feeder does it's job. The squirrel defeater also does its job, kinda/sorta. As long as it is set to the right height, no squirrel has been able to get to the feed. But those squirrels, though. You can see them look up and scheme their attack -- my wife finally told me, if the squirrel makes it to the top and gets to that feed, I am going out and placing the feed on a paper plate on the ground for them! They've earned it. :D
I was expecting his little skeleton to become visible for a couple of seconds each time he touched the wire... Three days later he's wondering why balloons keep sticking to him...
I like this way of handling the squirrels problems. So many beautiful birds and educational. I love squirrels I have a few feed peanut butter oats grapes any left over fruits.
@@123fourfive5 Huh?? 👎 👎 👎 👎 Say WHAT?? ALL squirrels ARE ANNOYING Destructive Nuisance Little FAT Fluffy Creatures, they ARE Cute and Clever But they're ALL SO freaking Destructive, just like ANNOYING racoons, Lmao! 😝😝😝😝 😂😂😂😂
If the squirrels, just like the squirrels around here, had any sense, they wouldn't have to climb up to the feeders. The birds are so messy, they knock more out of the feeder than they eat so there's more than enough on the ground. lol My dad wrapped the feeder post with sheets of aluminum with the top sheet overlapping the bottom one so the squirrels couldn't jump up, get their claws on the top of the bottom sheet then work their way on up. Worked pretty good. But your way is way more fun to watch!
Around my house, I just sat on the porch with my Daisy air rifle (.177 caliber) and shot them through the head. My cat, a robust neutered male, caught all forms of rodents and brought them to me so I would praise him. He killed squirrels, (at least the ones I didn't shoot) and dropped them at my heels. He brought me a yearling rabbit one evening. He loved the back meat on the squirrels. I loved that cat; his name was Gill. I photographed his animal catches and made a booklet called "Gills Kills." This booklet I would take to the neighborhood party meetings just to get a roar out of the softies. Loved that cat.
I can center a beebee pellet dead-on, take out any number of squirrels in minutes with head-shots. i hear the disgusting animals are 'good eats'. Turtle pops its head up, tiny sphere dead-on hit to the brain-pan area. Funny thing is the pellet rifle is bent slightly from decades of use!
An easy squirrel proof device for those skinny metal poles, is a two liter plastic pop bottle. Just drill a hole in the bottom, and slide it up the pole. It is too slippery and two large in diameter for a squirrel to climb or hang onto. For athletic squirrel, stack two bottles.
I have a similar set-up. Now the squirrel jumps from the ground, vertically, straight up 5 feet!! Or 6 feet from a nearby bush, 6 feet horizontally!. Then hit the feeder and because of the impact the seed falls out of the feeder. Crafty. But at least the squirrel does not hang down and empties it.
Owner of a bird feeder pole here. No squirrels though, but expensive to keep all the feeders topped up for all the hungry starlings. Dried mealworms, suet block/pellets, mixed seed, nyjer seeds, peanuts, sunflower seeds... B&M is your friend (for anyone in the UK)
The birds usually knock quite a few seeds to the ground. While it won't be the bonanza that they'd get straight from the feeder, they ain't gonna starve.
It would work better if you added a ground wires between the HOT wires with fewer hot wires. Wood is a decent insulator so the electricity has to go through the squirrel then the wood post to return to the ground; in order to make the circuit. I was trying to keep cats out of my back yard, so I placed a hot wire along the top 2x4 of the wooden fence. A few days later I see a cat sitting on the pickets and pawing at the wire. All it was getting was a tingle not the high voltage shock that would result if it was grounded. So I added a 2nd wire about 1 inch from the insulated hot wire and connected it to the ground rod for electric fence. Never saw a cat touch the wire again or enter the yard.
I have basically the same setup,my feeders are about 8-9 feet off the ground and I have them on pulleys to let them down and fill them.I wrapped the post in black aluminum flashing and put a squirrel baffle on it, I never have any squirrels on my feeders. If I had to do it again I would use a longer 4×4 I had a bear break my feeders once. I like that idea,I was thinking about using your idea around my feeders to keep bears away.
Idk if yall will see this but the bird hall labels as a female rose breasted grosbeack is actually a female Redwing black bird but I understand the mistake lots of our female north American songbirds look similar
My father in law used to use tubing to tap his maple trees draining them into a tank in the Spring and the squirrels loved to chew through them to get to the sap. A friend and I were going to make a c-clips with an ear on each side to clip over the tubing. Then a light piano wire could be ran down each side of the tubing from ear to ear on the clips and then be connected to a weed burner electric fencer. I know lots of guys that were tapping trees that would’ve bought these clips just to watch those destructive tree rats dance when they got between those wires and ended up getting the hell shocked out of them on the tubing.
I had the same problem. I have a birdhouse on top of a 18 steel pole. Then about 5 ft below I have a feeder. The squirrels would jump from the fence to the pole. So I greased the pole. Now my neighbor sits on his patio in the morning drinking his coffee and watches the squirrels jump to pole and slide down....over and over again. He says it's his morning humor.
that sounds relly fun to watching 😂
Greased with what?
@@dawood121derful I used Krisco
For someone who despises squirrels, I thoroughly enjoyed this! Thanks!
Loved watching those squirrels get introduced to Ready Kilowatt. HAW-HAW! Good job.
A wonderful selection of birds. Well worth the effort to outsmart Mr/Mrs Squirrel!
Really have a nice and beautiful looking variety of of birds in your area 👍👍
Wow great assortment of song birds. Best I have seen in awhile
Next installment: squirrel constructs rubber boots and returns to clean him out
He returns with his beaver friend to chew the pole . lol
you can see him thinking
Squirrel is ordering a hover drone on Amazon. He will be back.
Next next installment: homeowner extracts oil from remaining seeds, and has fried squirrel for supper
😂 😂
Haha. Keeps testing and then looking/smelling around like, who keeps doing that to me. Priceless. A bit mean but still priceless.
Thanks that’s wonderful entertainment, I’d love to see such beautiful birds in England
Wow. You have a LOT of different birds visiting! It was funny watching the squirrel try to figure something out to defeat the electric wire.
I loved seeing all the birds! Especially the Baltimore Oriole!! Beautiful!
Cal Ripken forever!
Now I know where my birds went!!!!!! You have a bird paradise.... AWSOM
Wow nice idea and wonderful pictures of the birds.
12:15 I love the look he gives you. "Uh, yeah, don't mind me."
Kudos for devising an effective and humane solution to one of the toughest challenges to backyard birders! The best squirrel deterrent I've seen yet!
A .177 cal pellet to the dome is cheaper and permanent....😂
@@jamesmartin4902 yes or more voltage lol
@@jamesmartin4902 lol, what i was thinkn...im a country boy, so thats just standard procedure for hillbillies 😆✌
@@unstoppableplayz6948 😂
Don't lie. It's the satisfaction of finally out smarting a f'ing squirrel!
Great pics of the birds, the Red Breasted Grosbeak, the black with red chest is beautiful. We had a Morning dove make a nest on our window ledge, saw the eggs and the chicks grow up the whole summer. I saw a cardinal and blue jay last summer while I was gardening here in Southern Ontario, Canada. Cheers!
I got to admit….. you’re GOOD ! I have been watching videos of people trying to stop them from eating the birds food, they always give it up, you 😂 😂 ! I thought I was persistent you took the cake, bravo 👏🏻
Wonderful to be able to see such a variety of birds. Great photography. Thanks for sharing and for labeling. Otherwise, I'd never have known the names of the birds except for a Cardinal & the Oriole.
Nice video. Thanks for putting the bird names in for us, was kind of a surprise. Thanks for spending the money and time to make this video.
13: was delighted to see a Baltimore Orieole. We had a pair come to our property two years and never again. The 1st year 2 males fought along our fence line till they were so exhausted they lay motionless (10 minutes) I finally went out to see if they were even alive. They were and flew away! All sorts of sparrows, chickadees, occasional nuthatch, 3 species of wood peckers and 3 species of hawks come for lunch (till we let trees grow in so there is no "swoop room" for the redtails) We go thru as much a 300lb of seed over a fall and winter.
That was really cool with the bird show. 🤗
You created a system that effectively prevents squirrels from stealing from the bird feeders? That's amazing, considering how crafty and persistent squirrels are.
The birds are so pretty!
If we had rainbow or scarlet squirrels and only crows and cowbirds the story would be flipped though
@@kateajurors8640 Heavy...
Imagine being the squirrel and trying to figure out why one day you climbed it with no problem but the next day it hurts to climb it. It's kind of funny to think about
All squirrel thinking is done by the tail.
The black and orange Orioles look amazing. Great job sir.
Ah 'Sparky' the squirrel and friends 🤣🤣 bit of a live wire this one 🤣🤣 Looks like they won't be 'pole dancing' either 🤣🤣Great vid ! nice to see the birds able to feed !👍
The Funk disco 70's adult feature music is killing it! 🕺
Looks like a shocking experience. They definitely got a charge out of it.
Stop with the puns 😂
I cannot believe I spent 16 minutes watching squirrels getting shocked.
😂🤣😂
would you much rather spend 16 minutes watching squirrels getting shot?
leadbutthead - Depends on what they were shot with. Paintballs are good and harmless. .22’s not unless the shooter is cooking, I am always looking for good recipes!
@@davesalisbury1820 Bruh. A paintball's gonna break a squirrel's ribs
I don’t think 12 volts is torture, rather more like a wake- up call🐿🐿🐿🐁🐁🐁 if more it would sizzle the fur on its tail making it look more like a long haired rat
that music really helped too.
Well done! This is the most efficient way I have seen to date! Thank you.
Beaker - All the smart squirrel has to do is chew through just one wire. It appears to be the soft plated type. I had the same
kind of wires chewed thru by squirrels. I was forced to relocating 20 of them in one month using a HART Have-A-Hart trap.
I can’t wait until this is all I have to worry about
It is sweet
Looking past the momentary pain to the greater gain... this is the dream!
This just gets added to the list. I'm retired and busier than I was when I was working. Strap in and keep it moving, Chuckles.
Man, the sound track takes me back to the 70's I could just keep the sound track on repeat, grooovin' through the day.
We're making the squirrels evolve. They'll be ready to take over when Humanity destroys itself.
Edit: Smoke coming out of those little ears, you can see the electrons flowing in that little brainiacs skull.
So many colourful birds 🇬🇧 Thank you for putting the names on the screen 🇬🇧
Please don't name those you are not certain about, though. You incorrectly identified three birds.
Cardinal's are a very timid bird. That's an amazing shot you took of the Cardinal.
I have a pair that come feed just before dark, especially in the winter months. The male is very timid, but the female will eat while I'm just feet away.
One attacked my window 2 summers ago.
The look he gave them when he got zapped was like "how dare you" with a little tail shake. So funny.
Has anyone ever told you that you look like Bob Seger? I see in the comments now that they have! Here in the Motor City feeding the squirrels 🐿 💃🏼👍🏼 He finally has a street dedicated to him in Allen Park MI 🕺🏻Beautiful pictures and videos in your compilation 👍🏼
So many beautiful birds! Plus the goofy duck lol 👍🏽
Thanks for naming all of those colorful birds, nice show
Glad you liked it. Thanks for Watching!
@@michiganmuck1716 very entertaining with banter and all!
Greatest metaphor for life: "Nothing good lasts forever. Not even sunflower seeds."
Thank you very much for this lovely video. The Squirrel ruffling its tail after being zapped when trying to climb that pole and the look on the Squirrel's face at the end of the video was priceless. This video made my day.
Squirrels can be pretty friendly little creatures. I started feeding one at my brother's house, went on for a long time. He got to the point he would climb right on my knee and take food from my hand. They problem came when he told his friends about me. It made me nervous to go out in the morning and see 15 jittering squirrels all sitting in the driveway not afraid of me. Waiting for a hand out. My brother was pissed 🤣🤣🤣
I got bit doing that, all the way thru my thumb and nail
@@robertstack2144 That was one of my fears honestly. I just got lucky I suppose.
Hmm maybe your brother feels the same about someone else at his home waiting for handouts? 😂 jk bro. Squirrels are awesome though.
@@noaht5191 😂. I live in a different state than he does.
😂😂😂
I like the fact they actually show the birds for which this is intended.
Your quarantine crafts project is very entertaining
This was a nice refreshing video, well done! Thoroughly enjoyed it.
I did the same thing about six months ago. Worked like a champ. Now the squirrels prowl the ground underneath cleaning up all the spilled birdseed. Every once in a while I see one staring at the pole like he was contemplating climbing it, and then returning to scavanging the ground underneath.
Thanks for all the different birds you identified after you solved the squirrel problem. I’m just getting into bird watching and that was really helpful!
I kept waiting for the squirrel to bust some dance moves after one of the shocks.
electric slide?
Nice ending of Beautiful Birds! 🤗💞
You can nickname the squirrel Sparky now LOL.
I came for the crispy squirrels, stayed for the beautiful birds! Thanks 🙂
I have one bird feeder and it's a lot of work. I have to think that your amazing variety of feeders is a real labor of love and not inexpensive. You've also figured out how to attract a huge assortment of birds. Very good.
fix a 'slinky' toy spring ( use the metal one ) around the pole, fixed at the top end and hanging down, no squirrel on Earth can climb it...
Cool, and funny video. I've my own running battle with feeder-raiding squirrels and I am temporarily in the lead I think. LOL Beautiful shot of the RB Grosbeak and B Oriole together. I think your Sparrows are actually White-Crowned and Chipping.
What a fun video! I loved the little dog, and thank you for all of the bird IDs!
Defo a cutey little chihuahua.
Came here for a funny video
Stayed here for the funkadelic beats
this tune is so catchy
Rockabilly/Funk....Dig it!
So funny love the music. Who is it?
In description.
Just got ourselves 2 bird feeders and a "squirrel defeater" (yep! That's the brand name as well). The bird feeder does it's job. The squirrel defeater also does its job, kinda/sorta. As long as it is set to the right height, no squirrel has been able to get to the feed. But those squirrels, though. You can see them look up and scheme their attack -- my wife finally told me, if the squirrel makes it to the top and gets to that feed, I am going out and placing the feed on a paper plate on the ground for them! They've earned it. :D
WOW an impressive contraption! Love seeing the rodents comply for a change. Your birds are beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
I was expecting his little skeleton to become visible for a couple of seconds each time he touched the wire... Three days later he's wondering why balloons keep sticking to him...
Wonderful visual image, a real keeper.
Hahaha. Underrated comment. It also seems we grew up with the same cartoons.
I always wondered what happened to Bob Seger.
Lol! He's frying tree rats!
@@fabianvasquezjr8852 these 2 comments are lol funny!! dirk digler. lmao
I like this way of handling the squirrels problems. So many beautiful birds and educational. I love squirrels I have a few feed peanut butter oats grapes any left over fruits.
Am I the first to ask, who did the music ? I love it !
Well done, you won but you have to give the little beggar some points for stubborn determination.
The tail shaking is usually when they're not very happy.
Well duh. The Squirrel will now have to climb other trees for its food now
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzz And the he went Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! 😨 😫
Lmao!
😝😝😝😝 😂😂😂😂
@@123fourfive5 Huh??
👎 👎 👎 👎 Say WHAT??
ALL squirrels ARE ANNOYING Destructive Nuisance Little FAT Fluffy Creatures, they ARE Cute and Clever But they're ALL SO freaking Destructive, just like ANNOYING racoons, Lmao!
😝😝😝😝 😂😂😂😂
It was worth watching all that to see the beautiful gorgeous birds! Thank you!
Squirrel: “There’s GOLD up that post and I WANT IT” !
Said Veruka Squirrel to her daddy. LOL
love 70's Funk. great video. we both loved all the birds and feeders.
Glad you enjoyed it
If the squirrels, just like the squirrels around here, had any sense, they wouldn't have to climb up to the feeders. The birds are so messy, they knock more out of the feeder than they eat so there's more than enough on the ground. lol My dad wrapped the feeder post with sheets of aluminum with the top sheet overlapping the bottom one so the squirrels couldn't jump up, get their claws on the top of the bottom sheet then work their way on up. Worked pretty good. But your way is way more fun to watch!
Good video. Well done. Informative. Love the background music.
Thats a great variety of birds at the same feeder. wow!
Around my house, I just sat on the porch with my Daisy air rifle (.177 caliber) and shot them through the head. My cat, a robust neutered male, caught all forms of rodents and brought them to me so I would praise him. He killed squirrels, (at least the ones I didn't shoot) and dropped them at my heels. He brought me a yearling rabbit one evening. He loved the back meat on the squirrels. I loved that cat; his name was Gill. I photographed his animal catches and made a booklet called "Gills Kills." This booklet I would take to the neighborhood party meetings just to get a roar out of the softies. Loved that cat.
Quite possibly the most satisfying UA-cam video ever. Great job!
Better hope the dog doesn't decide to pee on that pole. He's gonna have a worse day than the squirrel.
So glad to see many kinds of birds in backyard... But love to see squirrels playing around too.
I can center a beebee pellet dead-on, take out any number of squirrels in minutes with head-shots. i hear the disgusting animals are 'good eats'. Turtle pops its head up, tiny sphere dead-on hit to the brain-pan area. Funny thing is the pellet rifle is bent slightly from decades of use!
It was funny seeing the squirrel trying to wipe the Vaseline off his paws.
I thought he was trying to slick his hair back!
@@WoodstaS yes, maybe he could be the first Rockabilly/Greaser Squirrel. 🕺/🐿
what a wonderful video to see those lovely birds i haven't seen before thank you
I had no idea birds like grape jam. Do you ever feed suet? The woodpecker that comes to my feeders love it.
Next week …..squirrel wears line rigger gloves 🤪 🇬🇧
You get a lot of great birds. Thanks for sharing.
An easy squirrel proof device for those skinny metal poles, is a two liter plastic pop bottle. Just drill a hole in the bottom, and slide it up the pole. It is too slippery and two large in diameter for a squirrel to climb or hang onto. For athletic squirrel, stack two bottles.
Looks like he's contemplating how to apply Einstein's Theory of Relativity to solve this enigma lol.
I have a similar set-up. Now the squirrel jumps from the ground, vertically, straight up 5 feet!! Or 6 feet from a nearby bush, 6 feet horizontally!. Then hit the feeder and because of the impact the seed falls out of the feeder. Crafty. But at least the squirrel does not hang down and empties it.
I'm a UK Birder, just love your birds, glad to see you sorted those squirrells out, thanks for sharing....Mike
You are very inventive sir and gives me great ideas for the squirrel problem I'm having, you have a new subscriber
Thanks for watching 👀. An upgrade is coming stay tuned.
i really like all of this vid , little long on the set up ! but well done
New subber here. My son is gonna try this at our house. He's 27 and well acquainted with electricity. Thanks
This is such an awesome video. I would mortgage my house
for one of those electric devices. Good job!!!!
avidscrapper1 Oh no don’t do that they’re not that much.😂 Thanks for Watching 👍
Owner of a bird feeder pole here. No squirrels though, but expensive to keep all the feeders topped up for all the hungry starlings.
Dried mealworms, suet block/pellets, mixed seed, nyjer seeds, peanuts, sunflower seeds... B&M is your friend (for anyone in the UK)
Good Job! Enjoy the beautiful Birds as they feed in peace!
The squirrel just wanted a sunflower butter and jelly sandwhee!
Animals are just opportunists, trying to survive lol, I’d throw squirrely a few peanuts 🥜
Yep
Id throw him in my frying pan!
@@ethanb498 tf, i- chill out my guy. sadist as, lookin ass.
The birds usually knock quite a few seeds to the ground. While it won't be the bonanza that they'd get straight from the feeder, they ain't gonna starve.
Why would you feed a rat tree? They are though survivalist animal.
It would work better if you added a ground wires between the HOT wires with fewer hot wires. Wood is a decent insulator so the electricity has to go through the squirrel then the wood post to return to the ground; in order to make the circuit. I was trying to keep cats out of my back yard, so I placed a hot wire along the top 2x4 of the wooden fence. A few days later I see a cat sitting on the pickets and pawing at the wire. All it was getting was a tingle not the high voltage shock that would result if it was grounded. So I added a 2nd wire about 1 inch from the insulated hot wire and connected it to the ground rod for electric fence. Never saw a cat touch the wire again or enter the yard.
I have basically the same setup,my feeders are about 8-9 feet off the ground and I have them on pulleys to let them down and fill them.I wrapped the post in black aluminum flashing and put a squirrel baffle on it,
I never have any squirrels on my feeders.
If I had to do it again I would use a longer 4×4
I had a bear break my feeders once.
I like that idea,I was thinking about using your idea around my feeders to keep bears away.
Idk if yall will see this but the bird hall labels as a female rose breasted grosbeack is actually a female Redwing black bird but I understand the mistake lots of our female north American songbirds look similar
Looks effective enough to limit the squirrels to foraging the dropped seeds only. Well done.
Never under estimate a squirrels intelligence ! The little buggers could come back waring rubber gloves or a BUCKET TRUCK ! Cleaver little animals !
My father in law used to use tubing to tap his maple trees draining them into a tank in the Spring and the squirrels loved to chew through them to get to the sap. A friend and I were going to make a c-clips with an ear on each side to clip over the tubing. Then a light piano wire could be ran down each side of the tubing from ear to ear on the clips and then be connected to a weed burner electric fencer. I know lots of guys that were tapping trees that would’ve bought these clips just to watch those destructive tree rats dance when they got between those wires and ended up getting the hell shocked out of them on the tubing.
Man yall got all the beautiful birds. Awesome.
I was waiting for them to try to climb the yellow "steps" 😂
Thank you for the free lafter and the colourful arry of birds Michelle uk ❤️❤️