[HairOfTheDog]

Those mischievous squirrels and other feeder bandits

They're the only ones that are fun to watch! Who cares about the stooopid birds? Seriously, if I'm leaving food out as bait, I'll feed whatever comes around. I don't like people who bait wildlife, and then shoot the kind they don't like.

I feed my rowdy band of squirrels a mix of black sunflower seeds and peanuts.

My red squirrels are the easiest to photograph, they let me get closer, the big grey ones run away.

[sweetliberty]

I feed the little devils, too. I have a big pan of sunflower seeds and peanuts on the back porch and a couple of squirrel feeders out front. One I fill with sunflower seeds, peanuts or pecans or sometimes a dried corn mixture. The other one I either use ear corn or those specially formulated compressed corn thingies, but they don't seem to like that too much. Plus, I have Oak trees.

I don't mind the squirrels. I enjoy them when they're not eating twice their weight in high priced bird seed daily. It's finding a peaceful coexistence between the birds and the squirrels that has been a problem. I'm getting a handle on it. It has been an investment getting good quality squirrel-proof feeders and baffles and such, and it is a work in progress, but it is worth it. That way, I can enjoy all the critters. And then there's the Grackles. Argggh! One or two wouldn't be so bad, but they travel in flocks and they're looking for someplace to set up housekeeping. I don't want it to be my yard!

[GodBlessUSA]

LOL! I love those little acrobats!

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

Okay, I don't know how to link photos - but here is a link to one I took last year of a hummingbird.

http://community.webshots.com/scripts/editPhotos.fcgi?action=showMyPhoto&albumID=288235578&photoID=288238770&security=DybBrS

[bannie]

Someone transported some of your red squirrels to Bakersfield, CA. They live on a golf course; and PG&E personnel hate them because they use the wires as their own EL.