Hi Diann,

I have the suet feeder hanging from a pole, which is protected by a
"squirrel guard", a metal tube-shaped barrier around the base of the pole.
I got the stuff at Wild Birds Unlimited in Redmond. The pole is about 15
feet from the nearest tree, and I have had no problem with squirrels since
I
set it up that way. When we were in Mill Creek, we did have occasional
problems with Starlings cleaning out the suet, but using raw suet or suet
with just insects ("Oregon Suet Block" at WBU) solved that problem for us.

Good luck and hope this helps,
Christine Vadai
Duvall, WA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Diann MacRae" <tvulture at vei.net>
> To: <Tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 11:23 AM
> Subject: suet feeders
>
>
> > Hi, Tweets
> >
> > I'm curious, in regard to all you feeders of copious amounts of suet:
> don't
> > you have squirrels? In my yard (it's heavily forested here), I have pole
> > guards plus the domed clear plastic covers for almost all of my feeders.
> It
> > gets expensive. My one suet feeder, which is an old-fashioned net bag
from
> > the produce department filled with beef suet, has an overhead "dome"
since
> > it's hanging from a tree limb. My only other suet-type feeder hangs from
> > the eaves, but has morphed into a flying squirrel feeder. That's okay,
but
> > I have a healthy band of at least a dozen grey squirrels, not to mention
> > the native Douglas squirrels, and all will, as you all know, get into
> > anything they can.
> >
> > My question: what do you do to protect your suet from squirrels? Perhaps
> > others have methods I haven't thought of or tried.
> >
> > Cheers, Diann
> >
> >
> >
> >
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