<![CDATA[In squirrel news there has been no squirrel news.]]>In squirrel news there has been no squirrel news. Somehow they've been avoiding letting me see how they get to the feeder. If you can't see a security hole it's hard to fix it.
That was until just now.
Turns out the new technique is to try crawling around the "shield", which never works, and then just let go and trust in the almighty squirrelly grip. That's right, the squirrel falls on purpose and madly grabs at the air while going by feeder roost in the hopes of snagging it. Which, it turns out, they've gotten really good at.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/703311ba-44cf-4329-8afb-eabb8dee9235/in-squirrel-news-there-has-been-no-squirrel-news.RSS for NodeFri, 01 May 2026 00:17:39 GMTMon, 27 Apr 2026 12:59:18 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to In squirrel news there has been no squirrel news. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:29:07 GMT]]>@jerzone @canyakker @xtaran Is this a red-tailed hawk feeder now??

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://vis.social/users/DataAngler/statuses/116477614351858941https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://vis.social/users/DataAngler/statuses/116477614351858941Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:29:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In squirrel news there has been no squirrel news. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:12:53 GMT]]>@jerzone 😂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/canyakker/statuses/116477550469376961https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/canyakker/statuses/116477550469376961Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:12:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In squirrel news there has been no squirrel news. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:08:06 GMT]]>@canyakker It's a hard, cold fact of nature

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/jerzone/statuses/116477531691558981https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/jerzone/statuses/116477531691558981Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:08:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In squirrel news there has been no squirrel news. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:58:45 GMT]]>@jerzone as much as I’ve come to loathe Mark Rober his video on squirrels doing anything to defeat his America Ninja Warrior squirrel defense course made me realize that the only true defense is to take off and nuke the site from orbit.

But because this has nothing obvious drawbacks maybe the old lace the seed with chili flakes? Although maybe in a few generations they’ll be drink pints of lager and attacking your channa masala or Texas chili

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/colinburgess/statuses/116477494901025899https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/colinburgess/statuses/116477494901025899Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:58:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In squirrel news there has been no squirrel news. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:25:51 GMT]]>@jerzone Me, trying to fish that last Hersey's Nugget out of the bag.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/bosquebill/statuses/116477129590201427https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/bosquebill/statuses/116477129590201427Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:25:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In squirrel news there has been no squirrel news. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:19:15 GMT]]>@jerzone You can't win against these squirrels.
Look at this one: managed to losen the lid and just sits in the feeder, safe and filled up.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/canyakker/statuses/116477103650478143https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/canyakker/statuses/116477103650478143Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:19:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In squirrel news there has been no squirrel news. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:44:56 GMT]]>@donray @stephanie OMG

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/jerzone/statuses/116476968752097784https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/jerzone/statuses/116476968752097784Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:44:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In squirrel news there has been no squirrel news. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:44:22 GMT]]>@stephanie that sounds like a challenge! ';^)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/jerzone/statuses/116476966496912169https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/jerzone/statuses/116476966496912169Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:44:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In squirrel news there has been no squirrel news. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:43:55 GMT]]>@isol Yes, someone was inspired by the wooden kinetic art of David C. Roy I think. It worked pretty well until getting hit by something and falling off the wall.

https://www.youtube.com/@DavidCRoy/videos

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/jerzone/statuses/116476964700592512https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/jerzone/statuses/116476964700592512Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:43:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In squirrel news there has been no squirrel news. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:39:49 GMT]]>@jerzone @stephanie

The flying leap reminds me of the friendly neighborhood squirrel at my parent's house.

There was a birdfeeder tray outside a window. There was also a large redcedar tree nearby. The squirrel learned to launch itself from a branch above and to the side of the window. Instead of aiming for the tray, it aimed for the side of the house so it could ricochet at just the right angle to land on the tray. We'd hear "thunk!" and there would be the squirrel on the feeder.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/donray/statuses/116476948595673909https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/donray/statuses/116476948595673909Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:39:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In squirrel news there has been no squirrel news. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:33:42 GMT]]>@jerzone
Challenge accepted

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://opensocial.media/users/dogriley/statuses/116476924587986475https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://opensocial.media/users/dogriley/statuses/116476924587986475Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:33:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In squirrel news there has been no squirrel news. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:33:12 GMT]]>@jerzone Yeah and sadly, it can be bad for the birds with the grease!

Our weight controlled feeder, and our caged feeders have been the only thing that have worked so far. You can't outsmart them lol

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ottawa.place/users/stephanie/statuses/116476922618910223https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ottawa.place/users/stephanie/statuses/116476922618910223Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:33:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In squirrel news there has been no squirrel news. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:33:00 GMT]]>@jerzone @danpmoore

Looks like one layer of a kinetic art project.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.au/users/isol/statuses/116476921834269909https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.au/users/isol/statuses/116476921834269909Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:33:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In squirrel news there has been no squirrel news. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:30:57 GMT]]>@stephanie My first experience trying to hold them off was a work office overlooking bird feeder on a pole. I put grease on the pole and sure enough they'd try to climb up, slide right off. But enough squirrels trying that and pretty soon all of the grease is gone.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/jerzone/statuses/116476913759707328https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/jerzone/statuses/116476913759707328Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:30:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In squirrel news there has been no squirrel news. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:29:12 GMT]]>@danpmoore
well, this wasn't printed specifically for repelling squirrels, but I thought it looked intimidating and since it spun would hold them back.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/danpmoore/statuses/116476876348338775https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/danpmoore/statuses/116476876348338775Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:21:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In squirrel news there has been no squirrel news. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:17:29 GMT]]>There have been signs all along …

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/jerzone/statuses/116476817279645678https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/jerzone/statuses/116476817279645678Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:06:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In squirrel news there has been no squirrel news. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:05:31 GMT]]>@jerzone Life…uhh…finds a way.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://twit.social/users/swansonite/statuses/116476813747013939https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://twit.social/users/swansonite/statuses/116476813747013939Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:05:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In squirrel news there has been no squirrel news. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:00:44 GMT]]>@jerzone "We're going to need a bigger shield."

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