Squirrels and Bird Feeders
Squirrels and Bird Feeders "Obsession is beautiful. It’s what makes art." - Joss Whedon In early March, I set up a stand for bird feeders. In front of a tall birch tree in my backyard, I placed four different bird feeders and two plates, one for a water bowl and the other for a platform feeder, on a pole almost double my height. While searching for birds’ names, I’ve learned that different types of bird feeders attract different birds: a platform feeder that has an open, flat tray entices juncos, towhees, mourning doves, and a hopper or house feeder that holds birdseed and dispenses it into a tray at the bottom attracts my favorite birds - cardinals and bluejays. Sparrows, swallows, titmice, and grosbeaks like the long tube feeder, while woodpeckers, chickadees, and jay flock to the suet feeder. The bird feeder set I had ordered online included those different feeders. Among them, the suet feeder, a thick wire mesh with large holes, could not hold the bird food I bought. Wh...