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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">About 50 years ago at a St Paul Audubon
meeting a member shared that he was live trapping squirrels and
releasing them several miles away. At a subsequent meeting another
member said he had started doing the same thing. In the
conversation that followed he said he lived in Highland Park and
was releasing in Como Park. This was greeted with loud laughter
from the man who had brought the topic up at the previous meeting.
He was trapping near Como Park and releasing in Highland. That was
the last either of them mentioned the topic.</div>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Manley Olson</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/19/2021 11:05 AM, DONALD GRUSSING
Owner via Mnbird wrote:<br>
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<div>Use squirrel proof feeders on a post at least six feet
high, far away from shrubs and trees from which some squirrels
will jump. Then, even though the feeders are squirrel proof
(none truly are), put two of the most expensive baffles on the
post. A long narrow baffle underneath a slippery umbrella
type baffle. Some squirrels will figure out a way to get a
toehold on the spot where the umbrella baffle is affixed to
the post. I think your feeder may be too low, and perhaps you
could relocate the electronics to a different feeder.</div>
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<div>Mark the squirrels you relocate with a smudge of red nail
polish on a hard to reach place on their back. That way you
can validate whether your relocation plan is working. It is
best to take them on the opposite side of a very busy freeway.</div>
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<div>Perhaps you can consider a hawk feeder. Place a pail of
whole corn (not on the cob) in a pail in the open far away
from any trees. Hunting hawks will appreciate the opportunity
to capture a large wholesome meal. Just don't do this where
deer feeding is illegal because someone may think you are
feeding deer and not hawks.</div>
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<div>Good luck.</div>
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<div>Minnetonka</div>
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<b>Sent: </b>Saturday, December 18, 2021 8:18:48 PM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Mnbird] Squirrel Wars<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope you all have a wonderful
Christmas and a blessed New Year. As my subject line
indicates, I have been at war with the squirrels who love
eating my expensive offerings out of my feeder. This isn’t
just an ordinary feeder. It has a microphone inside and a
transmitter that I have in my house that transmits all the
sound on and around the feeder. This enables me to hear
and identify the birds by sound since I am sightless. So
far we have live-trapped and relocated twelve or thirteen
squirrels to the other side of the river but there always
seems to be more. My feeder is a hopper-style feeder with
perches all around it. The lowest part of the feeder is
about four feet off the ground and I have a baffle
underneath. However, they are able to get up there anyway.
I’m sure many of you have had battles with our acrobatic,
agile bird competitors. I would be interested to know how
you have dealt with them. I will say, my step count has
increased a lot from chasing them. Lol. Thanks.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cherise Neustrom, Clearwater, MN</p>
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