Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for March 25, 2016

Yup. Might take a while……Defeating squirrels is easy, and here, Wiley shows us how…..That baffle on the poll does the trick…..They can’t get past it…..Racoons are a different story…..They have longer arms….Plan for it….The Baffle is still the solution….Keep up the good fight…..

OK, poles, baffle me…Estonians are kinda creepy, but once you get to know them…..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY9Yf26J4ZM

Squirrels and bears are the most inventive actually at getting into feeders.

… this time it’s personal.

Yah, true, but flying squirrels don’t really fly.They sort of direct how they fall (like Jessica Jones) And, they are more like modified chipmunks than squirrels.

Then, there is the story of my sister (the park naturalist) trying to retrieve a key from her roommate to get into their apartment.Imagine trying to explain to a guard at the CIA – Langley that you really need to contact your roomate who works there -Because the flying squirrels are loose and making a mess out the apartment.

Which one says “Here hold my beer”

Bull ! winkle!

They say to put the feeder at least 10feet from any tree, shrub, structure….which leave the feeder in the open where the birds become left in the open for the aerial predators.Been there, done that, couldn’t get a picture. Of course, the good side effect was the hawk took a couple squirrels that were pondering how to get to the feeder….

“Hokey smoke, Bullwinkle.”

Guess what happened when squirrels figured out they could order feed over the internet, but only if they had someone’s credit card numbers…

So, the way we get flying squirrels is to keep breeding for the gene for generations. Let’s get started! (Any excuse)

I watched a squirrel trying to jump up to my birdfeeder for two months. It eventually became strong enough to do a straight vertical jump to the feeder. I named the squirrel “Michael Jordan” and let it eat at the feeder.

Well, the whole problem is kinda squirrely. And don’t they know that the food is fer da birds?

I don’t have squirrels here, just chipmunks, and they eat the sunflower seeds on the ground, right alongside a variety of birds.

The only good squirrel is a dead squirrel!

To bad the flying squirrels didn’t patent their gliding technology. Where do you think humans got their idea for parachute glide suits? It’s lucky for inventers that animals can’t sue. :P

“it’ll take time”…. I’m not that patient.

Fruit flies …. maybe ….. deer and squirrels? ….mmmm debatable……

I had smart squirrels who dug around the pole base until it fell over.

Try this. There is no such thing as “squirrel proof”.

https://www.facebook.com/PrizeGrab/videos/1121268937905241/

Yup, flying squirrels do that. And as someone else posted, they can be noisy..My comparison to Jessica Jones’ mutant abilities was partially a joke..Flying squirrels usually can’t fly up (unless air lifts them while gliding) Their flight is a leap followed by a glide – laterally or downward.

Flying squirrels are PteromyiniGray squirrels as Wiley has pictured are SciuriniDifferent tribes in the same subfamily.Gray squirrels are brilliant as rodents go. And, adaptive.They and rats will probably take over the world someday.

the deer appear to have learned to run With the traffic https://youtu.be/kigNRLaXQ3U they are heading out of S.F. which has since been taken over by coyote.

It took our local gray squirrels most of the winter to figure out how to climb the feeder pole which had been greased, had a slinky suspended from it and a baffle at the top.Once one squirrel figured it out, others learned very quickly..There have been a lot of discussions about squirrels and comparative brain size.If you google it. Many squirrelly things show up.

@annette143NotMe

Nice pix! Around here, Blue Jays will carry off whole nuts. In the fall they flock together and nearly decimate the acorn crops. .One season, the squirrels would run toward anybody who went out on the deck. The kids dubbed them “ninja attack squirrels.”Shortly after, we discovered our next-door neighbor was feeding the squirrels peanuts.

we must still be evolving. some of us are born without wisdom teeth.

Nothing is fact until it is observed. Evolution can explain only adaption to environment, resulting in variations within species. Beyond that, it is merely theory. The bottom line here is that evolution, as it is most commonly defined and used, is conjecture (i.e., bad science).

I get a little weary with the masses of people who assume that science and theology are at irreconcilable odds with each other. If each is thoroughly examined from a fresh, unbiased perspective, disregarding all the dogma from each camp (especially the “religious” camp), one may find that they are quite compatible.

If you’re willing to take the long vision, I guess that makes sense!

My dad once used one of our old metal saucer sleds as a monster baffle on the bird feeder. Worked for months. Then finally, as my sister watched, one squirrel made a heroic upside down leap sideways to the edge and hoisted itself over and up—and once one did it they all could and that was that.

Your beliefs about religion (for lack of a better term) are likely based of traditional interpretations of the “story of creation”. As I stated, one must disregard all that dogma. I’m not going to attempt to try to explain it all in this limited venue, but I am not alone in my beliefs that, when properly read, the bible in no way contradicts science in regard to creation. And there are many of us who came to this conclusion, not from the religious camp, but from a scientific point of view. “Blind belief”? Hardly. I was not a Bible thumper dabbling in science. Science came first.

I get weary of those who still think than water and fire can mix. Evolution is science backed, Religion is based upon blind belief. Incompatible to the Nth degreeExtremely well put!

I do not expect small, closed minds to understand this, but I will try again.

At no time did I say that science was wrong. I have even implied that the “religious camp” was in error. What I said was that there are interpretations of scripture that do not conflict with science. The naysayers have inferred much from my statements that is simply not there. These closed minds have assumed that I am supporting traditional concepts of “religion”. At no time have I even stated my personal beliefs as to scripture. And yet I’ll wager that some of you have gone as far as to assume that I’m a “6000 year Earth” Bible thumper.

I’m a fool alright. A fool for trying to address closed minds.

“Once I got one of them to climb up my leg.”.that’s something I hope to avoid :) I was sitting at e bench in G.G.Park eating peanuts when one Jumped on my leg! Glad I had on jeans AND tall Fry Boots :D they have very sharp claws.

The 3 I have been hosting, one is Huge. the other two are much younger. Yesterday the big one was looking at me so intently, it’s like we were sharing some form of communication. I handed it a cup with walnuts and pecans. He very graciously took a walnut.Today the young one did the same but she put her hand on the cup as she stuck her face in to grab the nut. They haven’t told the other squirrels, they are keeping the secret among them selves ;)

Crested Blue Jays don’t come in my yard but they do go into the yard across the street. My neighbor used to give her squirrels peanuts and they would try to steal them. Now we have Huge gull-sized black birds going around in “packs”. I saw them lining up on the fence and I went after them with a rake! They got my message! We have small birds nesting here.

I’ll see your over convoluted fake story, with a more to the point funny one.

Farming>A farmer purchases an old, run-down, abandoned farm with plans to turn it into a thriving enterprise. The fields are grown over with weeds, the farmhouse is falling apart, and the fences are collapsing all around. During his first day of work, the town preacher stops by uninvited to bless the man’s work, saying, “May you and God work together to make this the farm of your dreams!” A few months later, the preacher stops by again to call on the farmer. Lo and behold, it’s like a completely different place—the farm house is completely rebuilt and in excellent condition, there is plenty of cattle and other livestock happily munching on feed in well-fenced pens, and the fields are filled with crops planted in neat rows. “Amazing!” the preacher says. “Look what God and you have accomplished together!” “Yes, reverend,” says the farmer, “but remember what the farm was like when God was working it alone!”

Sappy stupid stories are not evidence. Neither are whining, religiously-based threats, or bad jokes. Kudos to GiantShetlandPony for his takedown of your religiobabble.If you want to win an argument, or even make a credible showing, try doing so with a preponderance of the evidence, not with nonsense cribbed from shyster creationist websites.

that’s your opinion and you are welcome to it. LOL :D

never argue with an idiot they drag you down to their level and beat you with experience