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a new and funny thing
Posted 18-02-2008 at 04:45 PM by almostnormal
ho hum....so a new thing has been discovered since i last blogged about my lovely little birdies, a new and well odd thing has happened...we were wondering why it was that we see birdies on the fat ball feeder, and yet not enough to go though the many fat balls we seem to. then the other day i saw a red squirrel lift the top of the fat ball feeder up and take a full at ball away...has anyone else ever encountered this, i have to ask myself, because if so i shall need help identifying a way of stopping such behaviour....we feed them enough food without the buggers nicking the fat balls as well!! not that i begrudge them the odd one, but i ask you, i didn't even know they liked them!! hat with them and the greater spots wolfing down entire ones i may have to give up real cornflakes to subsidise them 
we've had the record 18 bramblings on site, and next doors lambsies are due soon, so will be able to tell you all about the cutest lambs ever...
i'm hoping to see more of the northern wildlife soon, so will fill you in on any good stuff, for example the black grouse leks
we've had the record 18 bramblings on site, and next doors lambsies are due soon, so will be able to tell you all about the cutest lambs ever...
i'm hoping to see more of the northern wildlife soon, so will fill you in on any good stuff, for example the black grouse leks
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 |  If I could get Red Squirels in my garden I'd be happy to lay on a 3-coarse meal for them!  |
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| |  Fat ball raidersNot had a problem with red squirrels(red squirrels? what are they?...I've been to Formby a few times but never seen one) but I have seen a rook take a whole fat ball in its beak and fly off with it. I think Rooks are spectacular birds when they come on the feeders at close range but i would rather they stayed and ate the fat balls in situ rather than carting it off...I tend to chop scraps for the birds before I put them out because magpies and jackdaws too, both of which I love to see are also adept at taking enormous mouthfuls of stuff and flying off with it. Your new location sounds wonderful. Do you need to amend your location on your profile? |
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| | There is no way to defeat squirrels where food is concerned. We sighted a feeder as per rspb instructions and precautions. Somehow they simply chewed the bottom off it. Also we drilled a hole in half a coconut and hung it out. They removed it without damaging the string! |
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| | How to defeast the squirrels ( I meant defeat but the mispelling will do)We had a huge weeping willow tree in the garden when we lived in Burnley and we hung our feeders from that, with an absolutely superb collection of regular visitors.....and not afew grey squirrels. We tried all sorts including hanging feeders from the mid point of a fifty foot washing line but they simply walked along the line. What really did work was to hang the feeder from the middle point of the underside of a square of hardboard which it self was suspended from the tree only by a single cord attached to its centre. The board balanced beautifully in a horizontal position and it was simply wonderful to see the little blighters coming down the top cord on to the board which promptly tipped sending them to the ground...I only saw one manage the trip round the side of the board to the feeder and was then given a clear plastic hemisphere which was even more effective. These two only work where there is no way for the squirrels to jump to the feeder from nearby branches or poles. |
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