Interloper

FOX SQUIRREL

You may not have intended to invite this interloper to your bird feeder, but he may find it anyway. You may try to find ways to discourage him from coming; but, often, your efforts will be in vain. I had one of the pop bottle feeders hanging along the side of a tree. A squirrel came, clung to the tree with its back feet and put its front feet on the tray. You may enjoy feeding squirrels as well as birds; but if you do, expect your bird feed to disappear rapidly. They not only eat a lot, but their antics cause a lot to be spilled on to the ground. I moved that feeder from the tree and hung it from a house eave in front of a window. The squirrel was able to jump to the window ledge and lean out and put its front feet on the tray. I raised the feeder up higher so that the tray was more than a squirrel's length above the ledge. I haven't seen the squirrel since I did that.