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shenmue

(38,506 posts)
Wed Oct 13, 2021, 08:34 PM Oct 2021

Bird food is three-quarters gone!

Can’t tell if it is birds or squirrels who have been nomming it.

Sure must be tasty, though. Put it up only a couple of weeks ago and most of that stuff is already gone.

I don’t have a Go Pro camera. I’ll try to take a regular picture tomorrow.

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Bird food is three-quarters gone! (Original Post) shenmue Oct 2021 OP
Don't discount raccooms. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #1
It's the squirrels. Trust me. n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2021 #2
Yes, most likely squirrels. ShazzieB Oct 2021 #3
*&#$ing acrobats they are! n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2021 #4
Check this out... Dave in VA Oct 2021 #5

ShazzieB

(16,361 posts)
3. Yes, most likely squirrels.
Thu Oct 14, 2021, 12:34 AM
Oct 2021

Years ago, there was a pair of squirrels that raided my bird feeder constantly. I looked out the window one day and saw one squirrel hanging by his TOES from the line the feeder was hanging from, reaching down to scoop out the seed with his front paws. His partner in crime was on the ground under the feeder, hoovering up all the seeds the first one dropped. (Sadly, I did not get a picture of this. It was back in the days when cameras had to have film in them, and I was caught unprepared.)

Those furry little bandits just about ate me out of house and home. Squirrels are cute little rascals, but they can be hell on bird feeders!

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