Post B1TROY2xuMYweKVnYu by Chronic-Yonic@spinster.xyz
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(DIR) Post #B1TOgMq01ReNEdFiDo by Haleakalacrater@noauthority.social
2025-12-21T12:28:20Z
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Damn raccoon got to my bird suet cake feeder last night, that was the good one too, rendered from beef fat 🙁.
(DIR) Post #B1TOkXwKgdbqpHCvYG by radix023@noauthority.social
2025-12-21T12:29:05Z
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@Haleakalacrater what all do you put in one other than the fat?
(DIR) Post #B1TOpbthOs4mY2OG2a by Haleakalacrater@noauthority.social
2025-12-21T12:30:00Z
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@radix023 the shitty one I used bacon grease. Not as good.
(DIR) Post #B1TOxJXZXCObvpiKum by radix023@noauthority.social
2025-12-21T12:31:24Z
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@Haleakalacrater no, I mean, millet? cracked corn? breadcrumbs? something else?I don't waste money on red milo anymore
(DIR) Post #B1TPLRapFNtZr8k3gO by Haleakalacrater@noauthority.social
2025-12-21T12:35:45Z
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@radix023 usually chopped cranberries, old cereal, crackers oatmeal. Corn meal. Basically anything I would throw out. I freeze it in Chinese take-out plastic containers that are perfect mould size for the wire frame.
(DIR) Post #B1TPNBd1ZdpGvEbL6W by radix023@noauthority.social
2025-12-21T12:36:04Z
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@Haleakalacrater thank you
(DIR) Post #B1TPcX4C9JcxktcxzE by Haleakalacrater@noauthority.social
2025-12-21T12:38:51Z
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@radix023 red milo seems to be a shitty filler. Everything gets ruined by assholes trying to scam us. https://dansbirdbites.com/red-milo-sucks-in-bird-seeds-do-any-birds-eat-it/
(DIR) Post #B1TROY2xuMYweKVnYu by Chronic-Yonic@spinster.xyz
2025-12-21T12:51:14.634023Z
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@Haleakalacrater @radix023 What's your setup like? I'm wondering if squirrel baffles on poles and wire hangers could work for this too...
(DIR) Post #B1TROZL56UeEenzmRE by Haleakalacrater@noauthority.social
2025-12-21T12:58:42Z
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@Chronic-Yonic @radix023 great point. I hand this from a shitty tree branch. The raccoon broke it, it’s such a weak tree. I need one of those Shepard poles. I bought these torpedo tubes but one squirrel got smart and figured out if he bolted up the pole really fast he could use momentum and bounce off the outside bypassing the interior. That’s when I used a home made galvanized pole but I’m not using it this year. Damn squirrels would leap from a nearby tree I need to move it.
(DIR) Post #B1TSSMUKvMinuihGfg by Chronic-Yonic@spinster.xyz
2025-12-21T13:00:23.713466Z
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@Haleakalacrater @radix023 Yup, a pole on which you could put a baffle on the pole to prevent them from climbing. Pole should be a good distance from something that would give a racoon a chance to launch itself on the pole from the top.
(DIR) Post #B1TSSNyVOgRqWZosKm by Chronic-Yonic@spinster.xyz
2025-12-21T13:05:39.533672Z
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@Haleakalacrater @radix023 Speaking of squirrels... It took me a couple of years to figure out how to block them from bringing chaos to my bird feeders. I lived in a 6-floor apartment building, on the fifth floor. All apartments had balconies. I had set up this intricate wire system high enough from the ground they couldn't jump on the feeders. The damn rodents figured out that if they came from the balcony over mine, they could give themselves a hip swing and land on the feeders from above. Had to put baffles on the wires but then they figured out they could launch themselves from my balcony's handrail. So... I bought poles, put baffles on them too, and I was finally squirrel-free. Hard intellectual work :blob_sweat:
(DIR) Post #B1TSSOpgCyyzBUhLDU by Haleakalacrater@noauthority.social
2025-12-21T13:10:36Z
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@Chronic-Yonic @radix023 deputize Mona & Lisa for squirrel patrol. 😌
(DIR) Post #B1TYlujcQ7JvM2YFqS by Chronic-Yonic@spinster.xyz
2025-12-21T13:18:07.171497Z
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@Haleakalacrater @radix023 Alas, since then I moved and I can't put bird feeders here. MIss it though. Loved to see all these kinds of birds. I lived on Ridgewood street in Côte-des-neiges, at the very top of the Mont-Royal. The building was surrounded by trees and a huge park. On the other side of that park was the beginning of Westmount. I saw birds I never knew lived in the city. And since the park was dense the birds would stop on their spring and fall migrations, too.
(DIR) Post #B1TYlwBJ2f3tqCVsdk by Chronic-Yonic@spinster.xyz
2025-12-21T13:39:10.803390Z
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@Haleakalacrater @radix023 Just saw this: https://www.perkypet.com/articles/deterring-raccoons-from-your-bird-feeders
(DIR) Post #B1TYlxClEjot10CYXw by Haleakalacrater@noauthority.social
2025-12-21T14:21:22Z
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@Chronic-Yonic @radix023 good tips!