Forest: I contacted a friend who has been in the bird seed business for around twenty years, ten as a store owner, ten manufacturing bird seed cakes, etc. My friend said that the squirrels might have been puzzled by the new thingie in their area. He the distorted reflection in the curved surface of the decorations cause the squirrels to freak out for a while.
It might be interesting to experiment with different colored balls of the same material and construction. Some wildlife biology major could at least get a term project, or maybe a Master's degree, out this. Later! Steve Stevan Hawkins San Antonio TX -----Original Message----- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Forest Strnad Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 2:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [mou-net] Do red colored chrismas tree balls decoration scare off squirrels? On Monday my wife put 23 red balls, used for Christmas Greetings: On Monday my wife put 23 red balls, used for Christmas tree decoration, on our apartment railing. They were hung up by red ribbon. Usually we have three squirrles, every day, most of the day, feeding on sunflower seed on the ground under the feeder OR, sitting on the "Squirrel Proof Feeder" shaking it so more sunflower seed will fall to the ground. Since Monday I have not seen a squirrel in the yard, UNTIL, this afternoon ONE appeared for a short visit and then left without feeding on Sundflower seed. Has anyone else had any such experience with using color to scare off the squirrels, Or, is it such nice weather the squirrels just didn't show up? Rev. Forest V. Strnad Faribault, Mn. ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
