so there’s a new birdfeeder in town. hanging from the japanese maple tree about 5 or 6 feet off the ground. at first squirrels were all over that thing, two or three at a time, hanging upside down and creating a big mess on the ground beneath it. just in the past few weeks we’ve seen a lot of birds partaking as well.
so i filled up the bird feeder with about 6-7 cups of feed about a week ago. a couple days later it was practically empty. strange! my dad filled it again last night and tonight…we caught our feed thieves [NOT BIRDS!] in the act.
after capturing these bold deer on camera i started toward them. they watched me but felt barely threatened. i chucked a fluffy snowball at them. they barely moved. i got closer and then ran after them in my slippers in the snow. they still clung to the edge of my backyard. i mean, i like deer but, shit…
my job tomorrow is to raise this feeder up higher.
on second thought–it is really freaking cool how one of the deer takes it upon themself (i know, i know, but i really didn’t want to gender the deer) to step up and nudge the seed mix out of the feeder. smart little buggers.
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sidebar: last week my dad and i saw a red-tailed hawk perched on our garage. big bird! we were watching out my bedroom window. it swooped to the maple tree. it looked at the ground in between some bushes right behind our back door and then swooped down to the ground to tget at that spot. apparently, the cat had caught a mouse the day before and my dad flung it between the bushes.
sidebar #2: the roofers seemed to have fixed our squirrel problem by first installing molding around the underneath of the roof where it had previously been open to the wind and rodents. then they installed a squirrel-sized one-way door out from the attic to the roof. i haven’t heard any midnight scratches since then.
