![]() ![]() We may need more info on what your habitat is like and what your set up is like (poles? hangers? baffles? etc).įor what it’s worth, some bird feeder companies will warranty their product against squirrel damage. If you don’t see squirrels jumping on your feeders during the day, my guess is, it’s not squirrels. And if you have bears, lots of folks will say not to feed birds at all - or at least bring in the feeders at night. I think in more suburban or rural areas, deer is definitely a problem. We don’t have deer or bears and, to my knowledge, the raccoons have never gotten into the feeders. I figure we get a new batch of squirrels every 6-12 months and we kind of start new with each batch. When they were jumping from the trunk to one feeder, sliding off the baffle, and jumping onto the next feeder… we moved baffles and feeders around to make it harder for him which seems to have worked for the moment. We also have to keep the hangers certain distances from perches the squirrels can jump from. We have squirrel baffles on them (the ones that hang on top of the feeder) and we’ve found that better quality baffles work better than cheap ones (it’s about the design of the baffles, not the quality of materials). ![]() We have three hangers (from a large birch) that we rotate different feeders onto. When we first moved here, they had been living in the attic and when we replaced some older vents with newer metal ones, they try chewing through the metal to get into the attic. I think every backyard will be unique but in our backyard (urban setting with lots of natural areas and parks nearby), it’s all about the squirrels. What do you think it is in the pole and how would I go about stopping this from happening? I’ve been placing trail cameras on my feeders in hopes of capturing the culprit but no such luck yet. Out of the 10 years I’ve fed birds, I’ve only replaced a feeder twice before last November. Point is, I’m sick of my feeders breaking and I’m tired of wasting $20 on a feeder that breaks in 2 weeks. Hanging seed block tray, 2 metal mesh seed block, large metal suet feeder.That means the only feeders I have left are: Last month my feeders are much different.Ģ plastic downsized “dinette” sunflower feedersġ wooden mixed seed feeder flanked by suet meshĢ wooden mixed seed feeder flanked by suet meshĤ nyjer finch socks (normal wear and tear)Īs of today, I know have 2 more unrepairable wooden feeders, my two sunflower dinettes are destroyed, my plastic 8-pound feeder’s bottom broke and the metal bottom to my remaining sunflower feeder broke. In November 2019, I had:ġ metal mesh, plastic top/bottom sunflower feederġ metal mesh, metal top/bottom sunflower feederġ plastic 8 pound plastic mixed seed feederģ wooden mixed seed feeder flanked by suet mesh So I have… okay, used to have an excellent collection of bird feeders in my backyard. ![]()
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