Bird Watching: The Tale of my Window Feeder, 1 by pennefeather

pennefeather wrote:
I bought a Droll Yankee window feeder that I filled with safflower seeds. I wanted to be able to see the many cardinals up close and personal. I had filled it twice, and seen the cardinals using it when one morning it was missing. Initially, I thought that the suction cups came loose, but all three of them were still stuck firmly to the glass. I found the feeder a short distance from the house. While I was a little upset that it had fallen, I also couldn't figure out how that happened. This feeder has a lip that fits over the suction bar, and the bar was still attached. It happened to be during a cold period so I decided that I would pick it up the next day, when I was hoping that it was warmer.

About a hour later, I began to hear thumping on the side of the house. The feeder was located in an inside corner, that is somewhat sheltered. Imagine my surprise when I saw a squirrel slamming himself into my window repeatedly! He was climbing up the honeysuckle vine, and throwing himself against the window. I saw him do this at least a dozen times.

Apparently, the squirrels had figured out that there was safflower seeds in this feeder, and also found a way to reach it. They must have been successful knocking it down, and I think because it is clear plastic, they may have thought it was replaced with more seeds. My husband and I couldn't believe what we were seeing.

Well, the feeder is still laying on the ground, while I figure out what to do with it. It was about 5 feel above ground. This is a picture of the feeder from the Duncraft website.

This message was edited Jan 6, 2009 11:07 PM