It's For The Birds!!!!

Last week while I was working the 4-midnight shift, I would come home to find a raccoon running across my front lawn. My feeders seemed to be getting lower quicker, so I just assumed that the coon was getting into them. Rather my feeders than my garbage, so I just shrugged it off. This week I am on the midnight-8 shift, and something caught my eye at the feeders when I got home. So I walked to the kitchen window, and BAM. Red Squirrel.

"Hey bro.....yea, this is happening..."

Red Squirrel

Red Squirrel

Red Squirrel

Red Squirrel

Whoops, dropped some.

Now, everything that is in nature has it's own place there, and since I put the bird seed out, I don't think I can really chase anything away from the feeders. So this winter when the deer emptied them, I couldn't do much. And when the raccoon was emptying them, I couldn't do much. And now that there is a red squirrel emptying them, I really can't do much! I mean I can't blame other animals for taking advantage of an easy meal, but it's for the birds!! So as I watched the squirrel scam my bird seed, a female House Finch came in, and grabbed his attention. He ran over to the feeder that she was on, and jumped up to chase her away.

Red Squirrel eyeing up his competition

She flew to the empty feeder that is closest, and he jumped up to claim what he believes is his.

Watching this guy reach into the feeders and his method of getting up to them, I could tell that he had done this before.

Stuffing face with my finch food.

Stuffing face with my finch food.

He climbed down, and chewed on some feed that was on the ground, preened himself, and caught some son. I was falling asleep standing up, so I went and passed out. This morning when I got home at 8, guess who was back. I guess I'll have to stop being cheap and buy actual feeder hangers instead of the flower pot hangers I made in metal shop!