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Re: Squirrel baffel question



It's hard to cook the little guys.  They keep jumping out of the pot,
even if you can lure them in there with liquor.

Fred Houk
----- Original Message -----
From: "gary" <walela@sccoast.net>
To: "Steve Compton" <scompton@sc.rr.com>; "Susan Campbell"
<ncaves@utinet.net>; "Carolina Birds" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: Squirrel baffel question


> gray squirrels are ok, if they're properly cooked.
>
> ;-)
>
> gary phillips
> conway, sc
> sunset zone 31
>
> "...where is the person, I ask, who, on observing this glittering
fragment
> of the rainbow, would not pause, admire, and turn his mind with
> reverence..." (J.J. Audubon)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Compton" <scompton@sc.rr.com>
> To: "Susan Campbell" <ncaves@utinet.net>; "Carolina Birds"
> <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 5:17 PM
> Subject: Re: Squirrel baffel question
>
>
> > Dear energetic squirrel bafflers:
> >
> > OR, why don't we just acknowledge the squirrel's place in the world
of
> > artifical feeding and designate our seed and suet buffet tables as
"Bird
> and
> > squirrel feeders"? The recent postings exaust me just reading about
the
> > elaborate efforts to balance the effects of our seed and fat
offerings.
> > I think the CBC ought to be FOR nature as much as possible. What's
wrong
> > with the squirrels taking part?
> > Of course, if you want to gussy up your trees and erect
> > feeders that look like the Soyuez, I guess it does no harm.
> > The harm, if any, is in the concentration of feed in one spot
without
> regard
> > to the seasonal hardening that would naturally occur when bird and
rodent
> > (pardon me, squirrel) have to learn to endure the lean months.
> > By the way, I just returned from 6 days in the U.K. where
> > I saw very few feeders in "gardens". Do we have more feeders here?
> >
> > Just wondering,
> > Steve Compton
> > Summerville,SC
> > scompton@sc.rr.com
> >
> > PS: Anyone interested in my UK bird list,
> > respond privately.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Susan Campbell" <ncaves@utinet.net>
> > To: "Carolina Birds" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
> > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 8:40 AM
> > Subject: Re: Squirrel baffel question
> >
> >
> > > David and All--
> > >
> > > I think you might just want to try an upside down suet feeder.
There is
> a
> > > really good one out by Rubicon International (Sinking Springs,
PA).   I
> > > purchased this spring when the grackles and crows were eating me
out of
> > > house and home.  It is designed such that the squirrels cannot get
> around
> > > the roof to get to the cake underneath.  Wild Bird Centers and
Wild
> Birds
> > > Unlimited have them but I bought mine form the Morgan's bird store
out
> in
> > > Nags Head.  Other pluses of this feeder include easy access for
filling,
> > the
> > > suet being protected from rain (so very handy this summer)and that
it is
> > > made out of very durable recycled materials.  It is pretty
inexpensive
> > > (about $15) and will no doubt last a very long time.
> > >
> > > Mine is hung in a spot that squirrels could get to and they have
> > > tried --very unsuccessfully.  But my yard birds figured it out
right
> away.
> > > The catbirds were the first--they proceeded to use a new
> approach--jumping
> > > up and hovering to get a mouthful.
> > >
> > > Good luck!
> > >
> > > Susan Campbell
> > > Whispering Pines, NC
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>