Sunday 5 June 2011

"Shades of Gray" - Robert Earl Keen, 1997

I'm in a battle with a squirrel. He/she eats the food put out for the birds, spills seeds out of the hanging feeders, and chases the birds away from the bird table.

I've been trying all sorts of things to stop the squirrel. So far, what has worked best is putting chili powder on the feeders and on any seeds that are set out for the birds.. According to the RSPB, it's ok for the birds -- apparently they can't taste it. I would have been terrified that I was hurting the birds by doing that, but obviously not. Whew!

So this afternoon, as I was washing dishes in the kitchen, I saw my little nemesis creeping into the garden. I decided to take no action but to just watch and see what the little bastardo did. I was confident that the chili powder would act as a deterrent.

He/she sniffed around the ground for quite some time before making a move....



He/she then climbed up onto the bird table (and that's when my camera batteries ran out...), but was turned away by the chili powder. He/she spent a little time hanging onto the peanut feeder but then, I suspect, tasted the chili powder spread on there, too. He/she dropped back onto the grass. So that's when I made my move, bounding out the kitchen door to chase the little demon away.

And that's when the squirrel headed for my bed of strawberry plants, stole a little stem of tiny green berries, and then headed for the nearest tree.

After all my efforts to stop the squirrel from eating the birds' food, he/she ate MINE!

Damn...

Janet

7 Comments:

At 05 June, 2011 17:44 , Anonymous Sara said...

Is it worse because it was undeveloped strawbs, or because they were YOURS!!?

 
At 09 June, 2011 07:42 , Blogger Janet said...

Sara, it was because they were MINE!

 
At 17 June, 2011 23:52 , Anonymous Sue M said...

Our squirrels have their morning chats here - They kind of line up and dare one to say "shoo." I pretty sure they know unkind gestures as well as we hear them giggling while eating the sunflower seeds!

 
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