Moral Question

April 18, 2008 by Katherine Coble

Is it wrong of me to be kind of ticked at the squirrels for taking the food I put out for the cardinals?

And why do the squirrels–when I’ve put out food for them, too–only want the birdseed? It’s like they’re perpetual three-year olds.

on April 18, 2008 at 9:08 am | Reply Slartibartfast

Any person who has ever put out a bird feeder in TN knows that squirrels are of the devil.

My dad used to sit on his deck with an air rifle, just waiting for them to show up, cursing them constantly. I inherited this particular hatred.
on April 18, 2008 at 9:14 am | Reply jim voorhies

I have a gravesite for the little furballs.
on April 18, 2008 at 9:52 am | Reply nm

1) no
2) because they are rats with furry tails, that’s why.

Get a bird feeder with a slippery hood, and hang it so it’s too high for the squirrels to reach by jumping. They’re easily available and generally pretty cheap. This will both protect the birdseed from their depredations and provide you with hours of merriment (or schadenfreude, I guess) watching their antics as they try and fail to eat the cardinal food.