'Then hanging them lengthwise, I secured the bottles a few inches below the feeder with duct tape.' He used the same setup on a hanging feeder, sliding the bottles down the wire to position them above the feeder. 'I made holes in the bottom of a few two-liter juice bottles, large enough to get around the post of my bird feeders,' he says. Using plastic bottles, a Williamsburg, Virginia, resident devised a simple and cheap way to keep squirrels off his bird feeders. Typically, he says, 'the squirrels will try to jump onto the pole, grab the Slinky and promptly find themselves dumped to the ground.' He attached one end of the Slinky to the top of the pole and allowed the rest to hang so that the pole runs up through the center of the Slinky.

'The squirrels go up the post and into the duct, but no farther,' he says.įor about four dollars, a Quincy, Illinois, homeowner has enjoyed 99 percent squirrel-proof feeders – using a Slinky. Louis, Missouri, found that a length of aluminum duct mounted under the feeder foils the squirrels. George Harrison, an experienced birder and the author of several books-including Squirrel Wars and Other Battles with Backyard Wildlife (Willow Creek Press, 2000)-interviewed people around the country who shared the following tips for keeping squirrels out of bird feeders.Ī man in St.

Tired of squirrels raiding your bird feeders? Here are some ways to thwart the furry bandits.

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