As the mother of two young children, we seem to accumulate a lot of food scraps throughout the day. Bread crusts, goldfish, apple peels and the list goes on. My daughter and I take the scraps outside each afternoon and put them near our bird feeders so we can feed the squirrels in our yard. We have a few that will come down and eat while we sit together and watch them.
Lately we keep getting bombarded by seagulls. They come squawking and swooping out of the sky and steal whatever they can. Once we see them starting to circle we run inside and the squirrels run back up their trees. I don’t mind feeding the seagulls, but the squirrels usually end up with a few measly goldfish and then spend the rest of their afternoons trying to jump onto the bird feeders.
I decided to make them their own squirrel feeder. (Hidden away from the seagulls). I was surprised how easy it was to make. All I needed was some scrap wood, wood glue and a X-acto knife.
HOW TO MAKE A SQUIRREL FEEDER
Materials:
- piece of molding
- wood scraps
- glue
Directions:
Step 1: Find two pieces of wood that are close in length. One is for the base and one will be for the back. Glue the back piece to the base.
Step 2: Cut a piece of 1/4 inch molding with a X-acto knife the same length as the base piece of wood. Glue it to the front for decoration.
Step 3: Wipe any dripping glue and let dry.
Step 4: Dig a hole to sink a piece of fence post or a log into. This will elevate the squirrel feeder and offer some protection from cats or other predators. If possible place near a tree so the squirrel can jump into the tree if it needs to make a quick getaway. Nail the base of the squirrel feeder to the post.
Step 5: Fill with food and enjoy watching your squirrels!
Thanks for Reading!
Daniele
I have a squirrel who has eaten a hole into a pootrin of my roof. This will be fixed soon.However my hound dog is on to him and every time this squirrel comes around he goes nuts, the dog that is.Then the cartoon starts. The squirrel then returns the abuse by barking back or whatever it is squirrels do when they get excited. He then moves up to the top of the roof to further torment Miles(the dog) and sometime throws things at him. Needles to say that until the squirrel tires of his amusement the dog is barking and jumping in a vain effort to get this bugger, the bane of his backyard territory.
So cute! What a great idea!
Thank goodness for that… In our house we sometimes refer to savoury nibbles as “Crunchy Frogs” – don’t ask me why. I think it must have been something the kids thought up.
Ha ha ha! Oops, I guess I should have called them goldfish “crackers”. They are little crackers in the shape of…goldfish. My kids eat them by the bagful!
I’m worried by the prospect of you feeding your goldfish to the squirrels! 🙂 Obviously “goldfish” must mean something different to you than to me. What are they?