>>From: Warblerick <>
>>To: ;  
>>Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 5:10 PM
>>Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] RB Grosbeak in Severn

>>Hi Timothy,
>> The thing that looks like a Slinky going up the pole feeder looks interesting. I presume it's to keep squirrels off? I've never seen that before; does it work? Is it something you made? Store bought? 

It's exactly that. Slinkys cost about $5 at Toys R Us.  It baffled the squirrels for two weeks (as far as I could tell). When I saw them try to climb it, they never made it to the top.  After two weeks, I moved the feeding station closer to the house so that the new webcam could get a good view of it. That brought the feeders within jumping range of the house. I didn't bother to remove the now-useless Slinky. Months later, I still haven't seen a squirrel climb up the Slinky-ed pole.  They always leap from the house.

Probably the squirrels would have eventually figured out how to get past the Slinky if I hadn't moved the feeder station to a place where they had a more natural option (horizontal jump).  Nonetheless, the Slinky provided plenty of amusement but no harm.


Timothy Reichard

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