This is a quick shot of my bird feeding station that I set up a few days ago. Last year, the squirrels and I had an all season fight, and I tried everything to keep them off of the feeders, but after a day or so, they managed to get up the pole and dine on the bird seed. So this year, I decided to try something else beside greasing the pole with axel grease. I have to admit that I got a bit of sadistic pleasure from watching them slide back down the pole a few times, but they persisted, and eventually made it to the top again. What to do! Well, I went up to the CTC and bought a cheap plastic funnel and cut a slit down the side so that I could slide it over the pole. Then I taped it together again, and taped it to the pole just under the feeder. After filling the feeder and put the suet blocks in the cages, I waited for the birds to arrive....but the squirrels arrived first. They don't miss much.... When they would climb the pole, they made it up as far as the red funnel, and could not get past it no matter how much or hard they tried. After a few days, it appears that they have resigned themselves to dining on the seeds that the birds knock to the ground while they chow down. The red funnel actually works great, and I don't know why I did not think of this sooner. Now, I shoot birds through the back door window with my 500mm mirror lens....works great. Cheers!
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