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March 11, 2018 4 min read
Steps to protecting bird feeders from squirrels
If you are a bird lover and enjoy keeping them as pets, it is important you learn smart ways of protecting your bird feeders from our little furry critters, squirrels. There are several deterring techniques you can use here. When rightly used, these techniques will help keep away squirrels while at the same time ensuring your birds are properly fed.
Squirrels and bird feeders
Birds love black oil sunflower seeds, suet and nuts as much as squirrels do.
There is certainly nothing to be worried about if squirrels only visit your backyard only once in a while. When it becomes a serious problem is when they visit time and again. Squirrels when they come visiting always cause irreparable damages to birders. They are a domineering set of creatures, and will rather feed all by themselves than to share feeds with birds. In fact, their domineering attitude and voracious eating habits can cause your birds to starve.
When searching for birdseed to feed on, squirrels don’t mind chewing away plastic and even wooden containers holding the seed, damaging the container beyond repair. A hungry squirrel will feed on bird eggs and newly hatched birds – making your birders squirrel-proof is the best gift you can give to your birds.
Ways of making a bird feeder squirrel proof
You can conveniently make deter squirrels from a bird feeder while at the same time making it attractive to birds. There are several ways of doing this; below are some of them.
Things to avoid
It is common to see squirrels come back time and again even after using several deterring techniques. As frustrating as it may be, there are certain deterring tactics you shouldn’t use no matter what. Below are some of them:
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