There were three responses to my question about the Christm Greetings: There were three responses to my question about the Christmas ornaments and squirrels absence:
ONE: A Minnesota birder responded: "please keep us informed on whether the squirrels stay away. You might be on to someting." TWO: A Texas birder said that the sqirrels might have been puzzled by the new thingie in their area. The distorted reflection in the curved surface of the decorations caused 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 of this." THIRD: No name or location found on this respsonse. "Give the squirrels a couple more days they'll get at it. I figure its cheaper to feed them than 50+ evening grosbeaks" Here are my notes of what happened. 11-30-09 Put up red balls on balcony 12-01-09 Not one of the three regular squirrels seen any where in feeding area. 12-02-09 One squirrel seen in one of the (crab, ornamental?)apple trees. Cedar Waxwings and Robins love the apples. 12-03-09 Light snow over night. An open top mouse trail in feeder area. No squirrels today. 12-04-09 One on ground feeding. Other one, head down, tripping "squirrel proof feedeer" lever knocking seed to the ground. 12-05-09 Two squirrels continued to come, daily, to the feeder and area. Third squirrel, white ears, l never did show up. Conclusion: If you don't search for the answer you don't learn something new. Thanks for the responses. 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
