Yesterday we continued our fruitless attempt to keep the squirrels off of the seed cake. We were under a limb, which is about as high as the house, attempting to throw a stick with a rope over the limb. We figured that we can hang the feeder from the rope and the squirrels couldn't get to it. It took about 10 or more throws to get the stick over the limb. Once it was over we had to re-position the rope with the pole trimmer. The rope of the pole trimmer kept getting tangled with our rope. That was mess. Then Larry finally threw the stick in the right place but it didn't get over the limb because he was standing on the line. I was so glad that my neighbors weren't witnessing this.
Eventually everything worked and we got the feeder to dangle from the line. This morning we watched a squirrel on a limb about 10 feet higher than the feeder, try to be a trapeze artist. He leaped from the limb, missed the seed cake and drop to the ground. Nice try fellow!
When Larry looked out the window a little later, there was a squirrel on the seed cake. If you don't succeed at first...try, try again. A philosophy held by both squirrels and Larry.
His friends are sending him info on how to build a better baffle.
To be continued...
Hello Shari,
ReplyDeleteI found your blog because my husband and I visited Bamber Lake yesterday. When I got home I googled Bamber Lake to find out some more info about it. One of the photos that you took during your visit to Bamber Lake came up during the search.
I had an interesting experience which I think you might also find interesting.
Please check out this post: http://www.lganhouraway.com/2012/02/twilight-zone-experience-dodododo.html