Prevent Squirrels From Ever Stealing Bird Food.

Several squirrels claim my yard, one with a two inch (cat bobbed) tail and another with a tail completely stripped of hair and looking like a black, slightly bent, fine wire. One of my boys, whom I see most often, yanks my bonsai out of their pots. He leaves the tiny trees along side their opts, with exposed roots. The trees look like large fallen chunks of cheese on toothpicks. The squirrel plants peanuts in the small residue of remaining soil. I’ve talked to him about it and as a result if he sees me, he’ll sit by the potted bonsai, peanut in mouth all ready to go, and wait! The second I look away he pulls his trick. When I turn back, I see the damage, retrieve his nut, replant OUR tree, and call out to him. He stops mid- romp, sits, turns, and waits to see where I thrown his prize. If I don’t toss it far enough he’ll wait me out, return and replant it where I found it.
For a few years John distressed himself over “my squirrels” because they ate “his” bird’s’ food. John tried everything but one day he decided TO FEED THE SQUIRRELS instead of the birds. Now he enjoys watching the big rodents eat and the birds sharing their food, but he’s especially entertained by the bonsai trick.  nancymauerman.com

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