Also Not a Bird
Also Not a Bird
Probably despite desperate wishing on the part of the creature in question.
Canon R10, ƒ/14, 1/640, ISO-800, 400mm.
Bonus picture of the same doofus:
2 comments
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Not so sure about Grey Squirrels wanting to be birds - they already get pretty much anywhere they want to get without the flappy bits. The squirrel-proof bird feeder is almost as much a myth as a perpetual motion machine.
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The only truly squirrel-proof feeder I've ever seen are the motorized ones that sense weight and spin when a squirrel climbs on them. We sold those back when I managed the hardware store and the vendor provided us one of those little TV's with the integrated VCR, and a loop tape demonstrating the same which was a source of endless hilarity.
The only rub here is that you need to keep batteries in the thing, and squirrels are relentlessly opportunistic and never learn.
Actually, that's not true. The absolutely will learn how to circumvent whatever scheme you've rigged up to keep them off your feeder. What they specifically do not learn is when they should give up. (See also: This, and numerous others of its ilk that have been circulating since the early days of the Internet.)
Me, I don't particularly care if the squirrels are on my feeder. I only draw the line once they start trying to rip my soffit covers off and drag nesting materials into my eaves. They can stay in the trees where they belong.
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