LPF week 19 writeoff

[hwango]

The bird feeder is on fire again.

We used to have a serious problem with squirrels stealing food out of the feeder and scaring off the birds. We tried hanging it in a bunch of different places, and then tried attaching weird things to make it hard for the squirrels to climb it or hang on to it, but apparently the neighborhood squirrels are ninja acrobats or something. Eventually, we decided to try one of those ultra-high frequency devices.

They chewed through the wires.

The only thing left we could think of was to fill the feeder with food the squirrels won't want. It means we're attracting rather different birds than we'd originally hoped for, but we were out of ideas. And it's not all bad.

Phoenixes do have lovely plumage.

Comments

[flipflop_diva]

Ha! This is great! I definitely did not expect this to be why the bird feeder was on fire — though knowing your normal twists and turns, I wouldn't have been surprised it if it was because of an arsonist squirrel!

[hwango]

Thanks! Yeah, you never know with squirrels. I can totally imagine them seeking fiery vengeance if the feeder was no longer accessible or had distasteful food. = )