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15 Feb ’12
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So I have this one feeder, a cedar birdhouse, filled with Black Oil Sunflowers. Birds love the stuff. So do squirrels. The problem is that the birds are now too scared to land there.
Ive got a standard shepards hook that its hanging from. The squirrels just climb right up it.
I tried to attach an empty juice bottle to the shaft of the hook and that stopped them for a while. But now they climb up and jump right up and over it.
Most baffles sold in stores are meant to go around a wooden post. The shepards hook is too thin and doesnt have the diameter to properly attach the baffles Ive seen in stores.
How can I stop them?
Im in the city otherwise they would be dead via BB gun, fyi....
15 Feb ’12
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Oh...
Ive thought about putting it closer to my house and front windows in the hopes that its now just "too close for comfort".
3 Nov ’12
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- switch to safflower seed
- mix hot pepper into the sunflower seed (shouldnt bother birds)
- vaseline/petroleum jelly/cooking spray on the shaft of the shepherds hook
- dog in the yard
- .22
Those are the best I can come up with real quick.
15 Feb ’12
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have to tried the greased pole trick?
15 Feb ’12
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Yes, I have thought about it. But what should I use? I dont want it to give the birds problems.
15 Feb ’12
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veg oil should work
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