OK, so perhaps I shouldn’t encourage the tree rats, but I do rather like them. I do not however like the way they chew the bird feeders to try to get to the peanuts. They also deter the birds who have better manners. Anyway, I thought I would try a squirrel feeder, which also looked great fun as the squirrels learn to lift the lid to get the nuts. I put it up yesterday and there is no sign of interest yet- however I also haven’t seen the squirrel at the bird feeders, perhaps they got fed up with the constant interruptions and have moved away !!

Update- the squirrels love it, although they are not very good at queuing and tend not to share, so sometimes the less dominant ones have to resort to the bird feeder nuts while the rival selfishly sits on the ledge guarding the stash. The only other problem is filling it often enough and tipping in the nuts without also tipping them all over my head *sigh*…