Tips to Help You Make Squirrel Proof Feeders - Part 1

Every winter, the backyards of America become battle grounds between birds and squirrels over the wild bird feed. Squirrels are adorable animals. The sight of a squirrel eating with its two little front hands is very amusing. But the very same sight can be annoying when a squirrel consumes a lion's share of your bird food.

Squirrels don't have the sense of propriety to leave bird food to the birds. They forage into the bird feeder and eat any food they may find there. To stop this, purchase one that is squirrel proof. The one that squirrels cannot bother comes fitted with feeder accessories that deter them from gaining access to the wild bird seed. There is no animal quite as persistent as the squirrel.

There are many different of them on the market for the wild species of birds you would like to attract. You will find that many of them are topped with plastic domes to keep the pesky squirrels from getting the wild bird food. The squirrel proof bird feeders have plastic domes fitted at the top and at the bottom. When the squirrels try to climb up the pole or descend the suspension wire they encounter the deterrent.

Unable to tackle it they fall to the ground, spilling a little bit of seed in the process, which they eat. But the amazing thing is the creatures try this very trick again and again till they are full. Squirrels definitely find ingenuous ways of getting what they want from a squirrel proof bird feeder.

A home made solution to making your bird feeder squirrel proof is to hang something to baffle the squirrels. They are very adept at walking on telephone wires, yet they cannot easily walk down the wires on which the bird feeders are suspended.

In case they do so, hanging empty soda bottles along the line will catch squirrels off guard and throw them off the wire. Hanging three or four such bottles will result in a secure squirrel resistant feeder. This is the least expensive idea to implement in your attempt to feed the migratory birds.

To make the bird feeder completely squirrel proof your approach should be two pronged. While building or buying a squirrel resistant type of bird feeder is one approach, it should be coupled with another approach, which is making the food unpalatable to the squirrels. Safflower seeds and niger thistle are not liked by squirrels. Having large proportions of these foods in your bird feeder will ensure that you have peaceful bird feeding.