I test smart bird feeders for a living, and have fought years’ worth of squirrel battles so you don’t have to. These are my ...
It's fall, which means the squirrels are out in force eating up all your bird seeds and pumpkins. Here's how to stop them.
Standard bird feeders without any squirrel protection can easily be accessed by them, making your yard more attractive to ...
It's a familiar frustration for bird lovers: the careful stocking of feeders, only for agile grey squirrels to effortlessly snaffle seeds and fatballs. Over the years, desperate measures to stop these ...
One of the most rewarding gifts received in a backyard is the company of birds: our year-round native birds, travelers, and the winter visitors. Enjoying these guests should be easy — some seed mix, a ...
When you go for a walk at the local city park, you’re likely to see a high number of gray squirrels crawling in and out of trees. In some high-traffic parks, those very same squirrels will likely be ...
In the animal kingdom, many creatures develop unique ways of relaying information to their kin, but a new study highlights just how important it can be for certain animals to glean information from ...
Squirrels are totally nuts for gossipy tweets. The furry critters have been found to eavesdrop on songbirds’ chatter as a way to get the inside scoop on whether a dangerous predator is nearby, ...
The physical barrier is probably the first thing that comes to mind when you think of keeping squirrels out of your bird feeder. Ideally, after a barrier is applied, your bird food will be easy to get ...
For most of my life, birds haven't interested me much, but sometime in the pandemic, I started adding bird feeders to my garden, and now I am completely charmed by my new visitors. The number one ...