"Barbara2245" wrote in message
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"Bill Stock" wrote in message
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"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
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Simply climb the tree...and show 'em yer nuts.

Talk about ambiguity!

hehehe might help to climb the tree nekkid!

Isn't this squirrel abuse?

The squirrels here on a restricted diet, having to work a seed at a
time
out of the bird feeder right now. I usually give them their own chow,
in a
lidded box, but what I feed in the summer that would last 3-4 days, is
gone
by nightfall, buried mostly. When that instinct passes, I'll start
filling
their box again. ~ jan

We feed the little beggars peanuts. We started out with one sickly
little
squirrel about two winters ago that did not look too healthy.
Unfortunately
we've got a few more that come to the door now. Even the birds
(Cardinals,
sparrows and Blue Jays) fly up to the door and beg for peanuts in the
summer. The cats (indoor) can't believe their fortune, having the
critters
come to them.

To keep the gray squirrels out of the bird feeders I hang a little net
bag of mothballs in the roof area. They do not like the smell but the
fox or red squirrels dont mind the smell. The other day I had two
young ones in there at one time but the birds have a little better
chance of getting some seed. The mothballs evaporate in about two
days. I will use them on my other feeders.
The nets on the pond so the squirrels[and the neighbors cats] will
have to drink from the birdbaths. It's still a shock to go from 80* to
47* in one day but now we are about 70* for a few days. I shut down
the pond just before the water got cool.

Thanks Barb, most of our squirrels are Black actually, with a smattering of
Greys. We use a squirrel baffle on the bird feeder, which keeps them out of
most trouble, provided they get their peanuts.