SUPER SQUIRREL

We have a candelabra bird feeder in our garden. This is a metal pole, on legs, that is 6 foot high with a cross bar. We have feeders that hang from the cross bar and also one large feeder ââ?¬â?? 3 foot high - that fits on top of the cross bar. At a height of 4 foot, on the pole, we have a squirrel guard that the squirrels canââ?¬â?¢t get past.

The feeder has to be positioned far enough away from other structures so that the squirrels can�t jump on to it and I move the feeder every few days so that I can clear the seed husks from underneath it. The squirrels seem quite happy to pick up any seeds dropped by the other birds and share this duty with blackbirds and pheasants.

This morning we saw a squirrel jump from the back of a chair, that was 10 feet from the feeder, to the top of the 9 foot high feeder. Do you think we could enter him in the Olympics?

When I went outside to chase him away I found evidence that he must have been on the feeder earlier this morning. The feeder that holds peanuts is the typical tubular wire cage with a metal top and bottom. At the bottom is a crossbar that goes through the wire and it holds the bottom in place. When I examined the feeder the squirrel had bent most of the wires away from the crossbar. If he had time to bend two more he would have been able to pull the crossbar out and the bottom would have fallen out of the feeder. No other wires had been touched.

Not only the Olympics ââ?¬â?? how about entering him for Brain of Britain?
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shiney

 

Loved the photo, wildflower. Maybe your squirrel wants ot meet mine!!
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shiney