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Old 11-03-2010, 06:04 PM
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Re: Feeders Wrecked

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Originally Posted by rossbells View Post
Around 3 weeks ago I put a few feeders in my garden, lots of songbirds where coming to the garden everyday. Sadly the grey squirrels have discovered this as well. They have robbed everything and broke 3 feeders so far. Does anyone know of how I could eradicate these vermin without damaging anyting else.
The squirrels can't reach the feeders hanging on my two feeder poles or get onto the bird table, because they are protected by baffles. The only problem is that the poles have to be positioned away from trees and shrubs from which the squirrels could leap straight onto the food.

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