Connect with Nature!
Connect with Nature!
When it comes to squirrels, everybody has strong opinions. Whether they raise your spirits, or just raise your blood pressure, we have a plan to help you with your squirrels.
Invite ‘Em: Give the squirrels their own feeder! Many styles are available, from corn hanger, nut box or jar feeder to an Adirondack chair or see-saw! Then offer foods that squirrels can’t resist:
A Five-Course Banquet for Squirrels
Food Ingredients
Shelled Filberts All filberts, a tree nut that squirrels love!
Squirrel Mix Peanuts, black oil sunflower seeds, and corn kernels
Premium Squirrel Blend Three of squirrels’ favorite foods – 25% tree nuts, 25% whole peanuts, 50% striped sunflower seeds
Nut Mix 90% tree nuts, plus peanuts. Composition of mix varies, but includes cashews, pecans, walnuts, filberts, pistachios, and others
Whole Peanuts Peanuts in the shell
Evict ‘Em: If you want to offer exclusive fine dining for your birds, here are some ways to keep out the riffraff and let the little guys enjoy an undisturbed meal.
Block the Path: Try a baffle (a dome or cylinder barrier) between the squirrels and your feeder. Some hang above, others mount below your feeder.
Close the Door: Try the Squirrel Buster Bird Feeder, whose feeding ports close when a heavy squirrel climbs on!
Fling them Off: The Yankee Flipper flings squirrels away.
Cage It In: Tube feeders are surrounded by long wire mesh cages, which enclose the food and keep squirrels out. There are cages which can be added to some existing tube feeders to create a haven that allows songbirds in, but keeps squirrels out. We also have a suet feeder encircled by a cage.
Serve Food they Don’t Like: Hot Meats are sunflower seeds soaked in a hot chili pepper oil that squirrels don’t like. Insect Lover’s Delight, or Oregon Suet Block, are both high-quality suet cakes without any seeds or nuts. Neither suet is likely to attract much attention from our furry friends.