Best Methods For Keeping Squirrels Out of Your Bird Feeders
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- Squirrels can be a major menace for people who feed birds. Fortunately, there several ways to keep squirrels from taking over your bird feeders.
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Mark McKellar is a wildlife biologist with over 35 years of bird study experience. He has a degree in Fish and Wildlife Sciences from North Carolina State University and has worked for the Department of the Army, the Wildlife Departments of North Carolina and Missouri. He ran nature centers for many years in Missouri and Pennsylvania before buying the Backyard Bird Center in the Northland area of Kansas City. Mark has led hundreds of bird hikes both locally and abroad. He has taught classes about birds and other wildlife to groups of all ages and brings that knowledge to the customers of his retail business every day. More information about Mark at backyardbirdce...
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Love this type of video Mark.I miss my squirrels, havnt seen them since early November. Still putting out in shell peanuts and corn kernals that blue jays devour. I don't remember the squirrels being gone this long.
Sounds like you have a good strong acorn and other nuts crop in your area.
Possibly my greatest feeding accomplishment was about 5 or so years ago defeating my squirrels. I had a maple tree that they loved and it had my main feeder in it, which was a metel mesh cage with sunflower. I couldn't set it up any different due to space and that being my only tree.
So, I took two long metel chains, a large Frisbee with a hole drilled through it and some bolts to hold the Frisbee about half way down the chain. After a year or so of battling them I finally got my squirrels contained. Still proud of that one, even though the feeder and tree are gone lol
Also, Happy Thanksgiving, Mark!
Well done! And Happy Thanksgiving to you.
We live in a relatively new subdivision. After 14 years, our trees have finally grown to a height that is attracting more wildlife. The past couple of summers we've seen squirrels. I made a peanut feeder for them and we would get one or two each day. We've never seen more than 2 squirrels at a time. In my mind, we don't have a "squirrel problem". We also have bird feeders and yes, the squirrels do try to get to them, especially the one we put black oil sunflower seeds in. But because there's only 1-2 squirrels that come by each day, I don't worry about the birds not having enough to eat. There are 4 other feeders in our small backyard that the birds can get to.
My question is, aside from squirrels just eating up all your birdseed, is there another reason to keep them from your bird feeders? Do they spread diseases that can kill birds? Fleas?
Like I said, we're not inundated with squirrels so supply has not been a concern. I just want to make sure I'm not missing something.
Not really. Squirrels chewing on things like your deck railing, stealing tomatoes off you vines etc are relatively uncommon but no, the main issue is taking over your feeders so the birds can’t get to the seed is the big issue for most of us.
Thank you Mark! Excellent advice!
You are most welcome.
Thank you for sharing this information with us Mark! Love your double pole set up too. Say, wonder if you could share your thoughts on feeding Blue jays with peanut feeder. Our will not use one????
I give my Blue Jays in-shell peanuts by laying a handful in my fly through feeder. I don’t put out a lot as they will bury a bunch on them. The wire mesh type peanut feeder is for my clinging birds like woodpeckers and titmice.
Ok, we should get one. Thanks@@MarksBackyardBirds
heres what i do .. cage feeder with black oil sunflower ... a couple of tube feeders with safflower. hot pepper suet. no squirrels.
All very good methods for sure
Have you heard of using a “Slinky” on your birdfeeders poles?
All reports are that it only works for a short while and they figure it out
@MarksBackyardBirds yes, but there's always lots of laughter involved 😂😆. It's worth it for therapeutic reasons 😉
They can be entertaining!
Mark, I have a question - we recently were gifted a smart camera bird feeder thing. How do I mount it to avoid squirrels? It comes with a wide mounting bracket that I think should be mounted onto wood, because mounting the bracket and feeder on a tree or the house would be too easy for squirrel access / cause damage. We don't have a deck. Do you have any advice or ideas? We really want to use it ASAP 🙌 thank you!
I would use a 4X4 post with a raccoon baffle made for that type of post. Them mount the camera above the baffle. Make sure it is at least 8 feet from any jumping place.
Lots of helpful hints. Thank you, hope you enjoy time with your family this week, God bless
Thank you so much
Their GD hoarding tendencies are what's most annoying. You can leave a bowl of seed below the feeder, they'll stash that then proceed to attack the feeder. If there was a hill of seed they would spend their whole lives "hiding" it from other wildlife.
True that!
We've had great luck using the Cole's Hot Sauce you recommended. Nothing with fur will bother the seeds & peanut chips. We place the food in a zip bag, add a bit of Cole's. Zip it shut & mix then pour into feeders. As a safety measure don gloves when using the Cole's.
Thank you for the testimony. We have many customers who are dedicated to Cole’s.
This was an amazing video! Thank you! I love visuals! Very helpful!
Thank you Shirley!