i have a photo in my collection of a black-capped who climbed inside my
tall seed feeder not quite five years ago. no clue how it happened, but
s/he was able to escape when i opened the top (and softly pointed the way
to freedom to him/her...
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151090932876276&set=a.304685986275.194070.207533451275&type=3&theater
:)

00 caren
http://www.ParkGallery.org
george davis creek, north fork


On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Cricket <birdnerd at inlandwireless.com>wrote:

> I wish I had a photo of the squirrel that climbed into one of my suet
> feeders. Most of the squirrels may think they are too much work but once
> he was inside - it was all his. When I walked over to discuss the rules
> about squirrels not climbing into the suet feeder, he got out the cage
> pretty fast. I can't consider even those "Squirrel proof"
>
> Cricket Webb
> Cle Elum
> birdnerd at inlandwireless.com
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>
> On 7/17/12 1:29 PM, Christine Southwick wrote:
>
> Downy Woodpeckers, Red-breasted Nuthatches, and Townsend's Warblers also
> regularly go into those cages. I like the cages because the squirrels
> usually think that they are too much work. Grin....
> Now if my other feeder setups would slow the squirrels down...
>
>
> Christine Southwick
> N Seattle/Shoreline
> clsouthwick at q.com
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>
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>
>
> On Tue, 17 Jul 2012, drsybert at northtown.org wrote:
>
> Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:19:36 +0000
> From: drsybert at northtown.org
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: [Tweeters] PIX - one smart Chickadee
> Loved the picture! I have a similar suet feeder that is surrounded by a
> small cage made of the same material as the feeder with the same size
> mesh. The chickadees (chestnut backed and black capped, both) go inside
> it regularly. The have to do a little twist to get out, but they make
> it easily.
>
> I hung this feeder because the big birds dominate the suet feeders
> otherwise, but I forgot about those long-billed woodpeckers who reach
> right through the cage to the suet until the chunk gets too small. The
> flickers, in particular, are daily visitors! Which is good: I love
> watching the flickers, and I am so glad to find something that will keep
> them breeding on my five acres.
>
> Darlene
> Cinebar
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