On one of our trips to the thrift store, I saw a familiar item. One of my Facebook friends posted a picture of a slinky-like wreath full of peanuts. She had bluejays lining up one right after the other to grab a peanut. I looked these wreaths up, and they were pretty pricey. They were at least $20. The one I found was in the craft section of Goodwill, and I'm pretty sure they didn't know what it was. I was so excited and it cost $1.99 minus my senor discount. I brought it home and filled it with peanuts. I hung it on the side of the bird feeder. Nothing even came close to eating those peanuts. It rained and they got wet a few times. I thought getting wet might be a good thing in case the peanuts were rancid. Still nothing. Once in a while I would see a bluejay try to jump from the ground, but they couldn't make it work. I thought they would be perching on the wreath and grabbing the peanuts that way. I finally gave up and put the slinky wreath away in the garage. Then a few days ago, my friend mentioned that the bluejays were busy again. I bought a new bag of fresh Unsalted Peanuts, specifically for birds and animals. This time I hung it from a shepherds hook. I put a few peanuts on a platform feeder to attract the birds. The bluejays lined up and ate the peanuts. Within thirty minutes the peanuts on the platform were gone. I watched as the bluejays eyed up the slinky. They were scared of it. The next time I looked out the window, there were at least ten squirrels in the yard. They weren't scared of Slinky.
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I put a rod through the slinky to provide a perch for the bluejays. All it did was give the squirrel a pivot point. |
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Yum, yum, yum. |
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Notice the rod was knocked out immediately. |
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STRETCH....... |
I guess this method isn't going to work. It's hard to out smart a squirrel, so back to the drawing board. The Bluejays aren't going to starve and seem perfectly happy sharing regular birdseed with the other birds.
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