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15-05-2011, 05:56 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Hayes, Middlesex
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| | | A new visitor to the bird feeders
Of course posting this in the 'Mammal Forums' section this could only be one...you guessed it...the Grey Squirrel!
Have seen him in the garden wall a couple of times but now on the feeders! Not too keen on that but he made good photos for me 
Mmmmm tasty.. 
And fatballs!?! 
How about this side??? 
Hide and seek? You can't see me! 
Peekaboo! 
Stretch or starve! 
Now listen punk, I've told you before stop stealin' my nuts! 
Hope you enjoy!
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15-05-2011, 06:14 PM
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| | | Re: A new visitor to the bird feeders
you have to admit they are the most talented of creatures  annoying yes ....but still amazing little athletes Marion
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15-05-2011, 07:18 PM
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| | | Re: A new visitor to the bird feeders
A brilliant set of photos , and despite what i have put up in the bird forum about them , they do like to have there photo taken.
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15-05-2011, 09:59 PM
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| | | Re: A new visitor to the bird feeders
Excellent photos Nige
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16-05-2011, 05:54 AM
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| | | Re: A new visitor to the bird feeders
Great sequence of photos, Nige, but say goodbye to your feeders.
The only ones we found that could resist the furry dears were the metal seed feeders (but then the squirrels monopolised the feeders so we put them in cages). Even a wire mesh peanut feeder was prised open eventually.
Still good photos and the beasts are fun to watch.
Dave
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16-05-2011, 07:25 AM
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| | | Re: A new visitor to the bird feeders
Thanks all for your comments 
@Tringa - The vaseline is coming out tonight hopefully this will stop them!
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17-05-2011, 05:50 PM
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| | | Re: A new visitor to the bird feeders
LOL.
I'd love to see some photos of it trying to climb the greasy pole.
Dave
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18-05-2011, 11:43 AM
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| | | Re: A new visitor to the bird feeders
Well he (or she) hasn't been back again as far as I can tell, will be ready with the camera when it does though
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18-05-2011, 01:16 PM
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| | | Re: A new visitor to the bird feeders
I used a funnel halfway up the pole which sorted 'em out for a while but now they just throw themselves at the window, bounce off of that, then catch hold of a hanging tube, like a trapeze artist, grrr.... 
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19-05-2011, 07:33 AM
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| | | Re: A new visitor to the bird feeders
I had the same problem with squirrels so I made them a special feeder. I bought a cheap nesting box with a flap-up lid and screwed an extra bit of wood to the bottom (this acts as a platform for the squirrel to sit on) screwed it to my shed and filled it with nuts. It took only days for them to work out how to get the nuts out and I haven't had a ruined bird feeder since! | | | |
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