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We have black squirrels named, Motherfucker 1, You Bastard, and Motherfucker 2. We both have a soft spot in our hearts for all living creatures (except spiders, don't get me started...) but, like a lot of people, we get pissed off at the squirrels raiding the bird feeders. So, we give the squirrels their own food and that keeps them away from the birds food (most of the time).
Besides the suet feeders, we fill one bird feeder with wild bird mix and the other with only black sunflower seeds. The squirrels tend to stick with only the sunflower seed. They're still called MF1, YB and MF2 because within 10 min. of filling their feeder, they are hanging up-side down on it and inevitably, they pull it off the tree and all the seed ends up on the ground.
At that moment, in the heat of anger, they all become collectively, "You little Fucking Bastards!" because I just can't afford to feed them a feeders worth of food everyday. I then go outside and re-hang the feeder. Repeat from "filling their feeder" approximetly 4 times until some other duty calls and I give up the battle. Sometimes I think I should just pour a big pile of Sunflower seeds on the ground and let it be.
Ngdawg: That picture cracks me up! OMG, that tree looks almost exactly like the base of the tree we have in our backyard that the previously mentioned squirrels raid our feeder from! Maybe our squirrels should be called-Rocky 1,2 and 3!!!!
Ali
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