Tuesday, March 11, 2008

the enemy mine


not cute. see all that seed on the ground? not from chickadees or cardinals. they are neat and tidy diners. i am joining the army of Squirrel Hate. they eat all the seed:



they even drink the water:

you want them? come and get 'em. we even have a live trap for you to use.

when we lived in mpls, i think we trapped and released about 12 squirrels. that was unethical, and now we are paying the price with highly evolved critters who excel in leaping through the air past any baffles we may use. sigh.

yeah, i guess we could stop feeding birds. but then we wouldn't be able to enjoy sights like this gorgeous chickadee ass:


5 comments:

Anonymous said...

why can't you just bird and squirrel watch?!

whatever you do, do not kill the squirrels. :(

-AK

cp said...
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cp said...

no worries. we aren't about killing squirrels here at the house. we're more about outwitting them. and they are smarter than us. it is humbling.

TMill said...

We once adopted a squirrel in Bloomington. We started to feed it stale Nilla Wafers. Then it tried attacking my cat through a sliding glass door -- Vicious creatures... Although I bet your army of cats could take on a squirrel.

Anonymous said...

next time someone wants to buy you a 100 present, have them get you a yankee flipper bird feeder. the tray spins when a squirrel or something else too fat sits on it and flings them off