I had the same problem. I have a birdhouse on top of a 18 steel pole. Then about 5 ft below I have a feeder. The squirrels would jump from the fence to the pole. So I greased the pole. Now my neighbor sits on his patio in the morning drinking his coffee and watches the squirrels jump to pole and slide down....over and over again. He says it's his morning humor.
I got to admit….. you’re GOOD ! I have been watching videos of people trying to stop them from eating the birds food, they always give it up, you 😂 😂 ! I thought I was persistent you took the cake, bravo 👏🏻
Man, the sound track takes me back to the 70's I could just keep the sound track on repeat, grooovin' through the day. We're making the squirrels evolve. They'll be ready to take over when Humanity destroys itself. Edit: Smoke coming out of those little ears, you can see the electrons flowing in that little brainiacs skull.
Squirrels can be pretty friendly little creatures. I started feeding one at my brother's house, went on for a long time. He got to the point he would climb right on my knee and take food from my hand. They problem came when he told his friends about me. It made me nervous to go out in the morning and see 15 jittering squirrels all sitting in the driveway not afraid of me. Waiting for a hand out. My brother was pissed 🤣🤣🤣
I have a pair that come feed just before dark, especially in the winter months. The male is very timid, but the female will eat while I'm just feet away.
There's a really easy way to deal with squirrels raiding bird feeders- just get or make a feeder for the squirrels. Put it in a place of easy access to them, filled with peanuts, and they will ignore the bird feeders. Squirrels are lazy, and take the path of least resistance to food, unless you try to make it difficult for them, and then they become relentless.
'Zakly! [Squirrelese speak for 'Exactly']. They are so clever and industrious. My parents' back yard is very much like Chunk's [the epic groundhog '20 social media viral star!] Heaveny haven with many familiar squirrely tenants. One in particular has a relationship with my father (mechanical engineer) where it's respectful kindred souls' 'Innovation Outdoor Lab' (i.e. playground). Even though Dad's furry has a nice lunch from a wide open pile of goodies with his yardmates, little dude usually heads over to check out latest modified contraption and does a bit of exercise. I could swear that he looks a tad disappointed if it looks the same. 🙁😂🤣🐿❤🙏 - he stares at it much longer. New cool challenge is met with a flying leap! #NerdBromance
leadbutthead - Depends on what they were shot with. Paintballs are good and harmless. .22’s not unless the shooter is cooking, I am always looking for good recipes!
I don’t think 12 volts is torture, rather more like a wake- up call🐿🐿🐿🐁🐁🐁 if more it would sizzle the fur on its tail making it look more like a long haired rat
Great pics of the birds, the Red Breasted Grosbeak, the black with red chest is beautiful. We had a Morning dove make a nest on our window ledge, saw the eggs and the chicks grow up the whole summer. I saw a cardinal and blue jay last summer while I was gardening here in Southern Ontario, Canada. Cheers!
Just got ourselves 2 bird feeders and a "squirrel defeater" (yep! That's the brand name as well). The bird feeder does it's job. The squirrel defeater also does its job, kinda/sorta. As long as it is set to the right height, no squirrel has been able to get to the feed. But those squirrels, though. You can see them look up and scheme their attack -- my wife finally told me, if the squirrel makes it to the top and gets to that feed, I am going out and placing the feed on a paper plate on the ground for them! They've earned it. :D
You created a system that effectively prevents squirrels from stealing from the bird feeders? That's amazing, considering how crafty and persistent squirrels are. The birds are so pretty!
13: was delighted to see a Baltimore Orieole. We had a pair come to our property two years and never again. The 1st year 2 males fought along our fence line till they were so exhausted they lay motionless (10 minutes) I finally went out to see if they were even alive. They were and flew away! All sorts of sparrows, chickadees, occasional nuthatch, 3 species of wood peckers and 3 species of hawks come for lunch (till we let trees grow in so there is no "swoop room" for the redtails) We go thru as much a 300lb of seed over a fall and winter.
I did the same thing about six months ago. Worked like a champ. Now the squirrels prowl the ground underneath cleaning up all the spilled birdseed. Every once in a while I see one staring at the pole like he was contemplating climbing it, and then returning to scavanging the ground underneath.
Ah 'Sparky' the squirrel and friends 🤣🤣 bit of a live wire this one 🤣🤣 Looks like they won't be 'pole dancing' either 🤣🤣Great vid ! nice to see the birds able to feed !👍
Imagine being the squirrel and trying to figure out why one day you climbed it with no problem but the next day it hurts to climb it. It's kind of funny to think about
Thank you very much for this lovely video. The Squirrel ruffling its tail after being zapped when trying to climb that pole and the look on the Squirrel's face at the end of the video was priceless. This video made my day.
Wonderful to be able to see such a variety of birds. Great photography. Thanks for sharing and for labeling. Otherwise, I'd never have known the names of the birds except for a Cardinal & the Oriole.
Owner of a bird feeder pole here. No squirrels though, but expensive to keep all the feeders topped up for all the hungry starlings. Dried mealworms, suet block/pellets, mixed seed, nyjer seeds, peanuts, sunflower seeds... B&M is your friend (for anyone in the UK)
Beaker - All the smart squirrel has to do is chew through just one wire. It appears to be the soft plated type. I had the same kind of wires chewed thru by squirrels. I was forced to relocating 20 of them in one month using a HART Have-A-Hart trap.
If the squirrels, just like the squirrels around here, had any sense, they wouldn't have to climb up to the feeders. The birds are so messy, they knock more out of the feeder than they eat so there's more than enough on the ground. lol My dad wrapped the feeder post with sheets of aluminum with the top sheet overlapping the bottom one so the squirrels couldn't jump up, get their claws on the top of the bottom sheet then work their way on up. Worked pretty good. But your way is way more fun to watch!
I have basically the same setup,my feeders are about 8-9 feet off the ground and I have them on pulleys to let them down and fill them.I wrapped the post in black aluminum flashing and put a squirrel baffle on it, I never have any squirrels on my feeders. If I had to do it again I would use a longer 4×4 I had a bear break my feeders once. I like that idea,I was thinking about using your idea around my feeders to keep bears away.
Thanks for all the different birds you identified after you solved the squirrel problem. I’m just getting into bird watching and that was really helpful!
The birds usually knock quite a few seeds to the ground. While it won't be the bonanza that they'd get straight from the feeder, they ain't gonna starve.
I hand fed a squirrel when I was child. I was a kid, what did I know. Reeducation commenced from the palm of my dad's hand. I learned, standing up, that the fizzy rats carried fleas,lice, ticks, and bites were painful. Now days I too, suffer from squirrel induced, homicidal rages. I love your videos and they are part of my court mandated therapy, so, it's a win win. Keep up the great work and never tell where the bodies are buried.
I like this way of handling the squirrels problems. So many beautiful birds and educational. I love squirrels I have a few feed peanut butter oats grapes any left over fruits.
I love the space you have in America around your houses. Here in the UK we have 11 houses per acre! Mental, I know, but the UK is tiny and has around the same population as Canada! Great video and innovative use of the zapper! 😆 🐿
I was expecting his little skeleton to become visible for a couple of seconds each time he touched the wire... Three days later he's wondering why balloons keep sticking to him...
10:03 Now he's got that nervous tic in his tail... Well, that worked out fabulously. The treerats are gone and look at all those beautiful birds peacefully having brunch together. Lovely.
My father in law used to use tubing to tap his maple trees draining them into a tank in the Spring and the squirrels loved to chew through them to get to the sap. A friend and I were going to make a c-clips with an ear on each side to clip over the tubing. Then a light piano wire could be ran down each side of the tubing from ear to ear on the clips and then be connected to a weed burner electric fencer. I know lots of guys that were tapping trees that would’ve bought these clips just to watch those destructive tree rats dance when they got between those wires and ended up getting the hell shocked out of them on the tubing.
An easy squirrel proof device for those skinny metal poles, is a two liter plastic pop bottle. Just drill a hole in the bottom, and slide it up the pole. It is too slippery and two large in diameter for a squirrel to climb or hang onto. For athletic squirrel, stack two bottles.
I had the same problem. I have a birdhouse on top of a 18 steel pole. Then about 5 ft below I have a feeder. The squirrels would jump from the fence to the pole. So I greased the pole. Now my neighbor sits on his patio in the morning drinking his coffee and watches the squirrels jump to pole and slide down....over and over again. He says it's his morning humor.
that sounds relly fun to watching 😂
Greased with what?
@@dawood121derful I used Krisco
For someone who despises squirrels, I thoroughly enjoyed this! Thanks!
The Funk disco 70's adult feature music is killing it! 🕺
Nice ending of Beautiful Birds! 🤗💞
That was really cool with the bird show. 🤗
Thanks that’s wonderful entertainment, I’d love to see such beautiful birds in England
Loved watching those squirrels get introduced to Ready Kilowatt. HAW-HAW! Good job.
Really have a nice and beautiful looking variety of of birds in your area 👍👍
Next installment: squirrel constructs rubber boots and returns to clean him out
He returns with his beaver friend to chew the pole . lol
you can see him thinking
Squirrel is ordering a hover drone on Amazon. He will be back.
Next next installment: homeowner extracts oil from remaining seeds, and has fried squirrel for supper
😂 😂
Don't lie. It's the satisfaction of finally out smarting a f'ing squirrel!
I got to admit….. you’re GOOD ! I have been watching videos of people trying to stop them from eating the birds food, they always give it up, you 😂 😂 ! I thought I was persistent you took the cake, bravo 👏🏻
Man, the sound track takes me back to the 70's I could just keep the sound track on repeat, grooovin' through the day.
We're making the squirrels evolve. They'll be ready to take over when Humanity destroys itself.
Edit: Smoke coming out of those little ears, you can see the electrons flowing in that little brainiacs skull.
A wonderful selection of birds. Well worth the effort to outsmart Mr/Mrs Squirrel!
I loved seeing all the birds! Especially the Baltimore Oriole!! Beautiful!
Cal Ripken forever!
Wow nice idea and wonderful pictures of the birds.
Squirrels can be pretty friendly little creatures. I started feeding one at my brother's house, went on for a long time. He got to the point he would climb right on my knee and take food from my hand. They problem came when he told his friends about me. It made me nervous to go out in the morning and see 15 jittering squirrels all sitting in the driveway not afraid of me. Waiting for a hand out. My brother was pissed 🤣🤣🤣
I got bit doing that, all the way thru my thumb and nail
@@robertstack2144 That was one of my fears honestly. I just got lucky I suppose.
Hmm maybe your brother feels the same about someone else at his home waiting for handouts? 😂 jk bro. Squirrels are awesome though.
@@noaht5191 😂. I live in a different state than he does.
😂😂😂
I like the fact they actually show the birds for which this is intended.
Cardinal's are a very timid bird. That's an amazing shot you took of the Cardinal.
I have a pair that come feed just before dark, especially in the winter months. The male is very timid, but the female will eat while I'm just feet away.
One attacked my window 2 summers ago.
I think it's neat to watch the squirrel think and strategize.
There's a really easy way to deal with squirrels raiding bird feeders- just get or make a feeder for the squirrels.
Put it in a place of easy access to them, filled with peanuts, and they will ignore the bird feeders.
Squirrels are lazy, and take the path of least resistance to food, unless you try to make it difficult for them, and then they become relentless.
'Zakly! [Squirrelese speak for 'Exactly']. They are so clever and industrious. My parents' back yard is very much like Chunk's [the epic groundhog '20 social media viral star!] Heaveny haven with many familiar squirrely tenants. One in particular has a relationship with my father (mechanical engineer) where it's respectful kindred souls' 'Innovation Outdoor Lab' (i.e. playground). Even though Dad's furry has a nice lunch from a wide open pile of goodies with his yardmates, little dude usually heads over to check out latest modified contraption and does a bit of exercise. I could swear that he looks a tad disappointed if it looks the same. 🙁😂🤣🐿❤🙏 - he stares at it much longer. New cool challenge is met with a flying leap! #NerdBromance
@@truthseeker2321 species 'Squirrelus Pragmaticus' 🤣🐿
Watching him lose is more fun.
I never realized how conniving and cunning these creatures are until I started watching these videos.
No more Freebies for the squirrels!
Your WIC card has expired.
I came for the squirrels and stayed for the birds.
I cannot believe I spent 16 minutes watching squirrels getting shocked.
😂🤣😂
would you much rather spend 16 minutes watching squirrels getting shot?
leadbutthead - Depends on what they were shot with. Paintballs are good and harmless. .22’s not unless the shooter is cooking, I am always looking for good recipes!
@@davesalisbury1820 Bruh. A paintball's gonna break a squirrel's ribs
I don’t think 12 volts is torture, rather more like a wake- up call🐿🐿🐿🐁🐁🐁 if more it would sizzle the fur on its tail making it look more like a long haired rat
that music really helped too.
Great pics of the birds, the Red Breasted Grosbeak, the black with red chest is beautiful. We had a Morning dove make a nest on our window ledge, saw the eggs and the chicks grow up the whole summer. I saw a cardinal and blue jay last summer while I was gardening here in Southern Ontario, Canada. Cheers!
I kept waiting for the squirrel to bust some dance moves after one of the shocks.
Wow great assortment of song birds. Best I have seen in awhile
Love it this is so hilarious
love 70's Funk. great video. we both loved all the birds and feeders.
Glad you enjoyed it
12:15 I love the look he gives you. "Uh, yeah, don't mind me."
Just got ourselves 2 bird feeders and a "squirrel defeater" (yep! That's the brand name as well). The bird feeder does it's job. The squirrel defeater also does its job, kinda/sorta. As long as it is set to the right height, no squirrel has been able to get to the feed. But those squirrels, though. You can see them look up and scheme their attack -- my wife finally told me, if the squirrel makes it to the top and gets to that feed, I am going out and placing the feed on a paper plate on the ground for them! They've earned it. :D
You created a system that effectively prevents squirrels from stealing from the bird feeders? That's amazing, considering how crafty and persistent squirrels are.
The birds are so pretty!
If we had rainbow or scarlet squirrels and only crows and cowbirds the story would be flipped though
@@kateajurors8640 Heavy...
Wow. You have a LOT of different birds visiting! It was funny watching the squirrel try to figure something out to defeat the electric wire.
I came for the crispy squirrels, stayed for the beautiful birds! Thanks 🙂
13: was delighted to see a Baltimore Orieole. We had a pair come to our property two years and never again. The 1st year 2 males fought along our fence line till they were so exhausted they lay motionless (10 minutes) I finally went out to see if they were even alive. They were and flew away! All sorts of sparrows, chickadees, occasional nuthatch, 3 species of wood peckers and 3 species of hawks come for lunch (till we let trees grow in so there is no "swoop room" for the redtails) We go thru as much a 300lb of seed over a fall and winter.
I did the same thing about six months ago. Worked like a champ. Now the squirrels prowl the ground underneath cleaning up all the spilled birdseed. Every once in a while I see one staring at the pole like he was contemplating climbing it, and then returning to scavanging the ground underneath.
So many beautiful birds! Plus the goofy duck lol 👍🏽
Now I know where my birds went!!!!!! You have a bird paradise.... AWSOM
So many colourful birds 🇬🇧 Thank you for putting the names on the screen 🇬🇧
Please don't name those you are not certain about, though. You incorrectly identified three birds.
I was rooting for the squirrel.
I root for them to get shot
@Mike Hegarty Squirrel Lives Matter
@Mike Hegarty take away the winds from a bird... The be another pests
Looks effective enough to limit the squirrels to foraging the dropped seeds only. Well done.
Happy little birds.
The look he gave them when he got zapped was like "how dare you" with a little tail shake. So funny.
Kudos for devising an effective and humane solution to one of the toughest challenges to backyard birders! The best squirrel deterrent I've seen yet!
A .177 cal pellet to the dome is cheaper and permanent....😂
@@jamesmartin4902 yes or more voltage lol
@@jamesmartin4902 lol, what i was thinkn...im a country boy, so thats just standard procedure for hillbillies 😆✌
@@unstoppableplayz6948 😂
Ah 'Sparky' the squirrel and friends 🤣🤣 bit of a live wire this one 🤣🤣 Looks like they won't be 'pole dancing' either 🤣🤣Great vid ! nice to see the birds able to feed !👍
Imagine being the squirrel and trying to figure out why one day you climbed it with no problem but the next day it hurts to climb it. It's kind of funny to think about
All squirrel thinking is done by the tail.
Thank you very much for this lovely video. The Squirrel ruffling its tail after being zapped when trying to climb that pole and the look on the Squirrel's face at the end of the video was priceless. This video made my day.
I can’t wait until this is all I have to worry about
It is sweet
Looking past the momentary pain to the greater gain... this is the dream!
This just gets added to the list. I'm retired and busier than I was when I was working. Strap in and keep it moving, Chuckles.
Wonderful to be able to see such a variety of birds. Great photography. Thanks for sharing and for labeling. Otherwise, I'd never have known the names of the birds except for a Cardinal & the Oriole.
Owner of a bird feeder pole here. No squirrels though, but expensive to keep all the feeders topped up for all the hungry starlings.
Dried mealworms, suet block/pellets, mixed seed, nyjer seeds, peanuts, sunflower seeds... B&M is your friend (for anyone in the UK)
Came here for a funny video
Stayed here for the funkadelic beats
this tune is so catchy
Rockabilly/Funk....Dig it!
Greatest metaphor for life: "Nothing good lasts forever. Not even sunflower seeds."
Great job!!Good music too!hahahhahaha
It was funny seeing the squirrel trying to wipe the Vaseline off his paws.
I thought he was trying to slick his hair back!
@@WoodstaS yes, maybe he could be the first Rockabilly/Greaser Squirrel. 🕺/🐿
Well done! This is the most efficient way I have seen to date! Thank you.
Beaker - All the smart squirrel has to do is chew through just one wire. It appears to be the soft plated type. I had the same
kind of wires chewed thru by squirrels. I was forced to relocating 20 of them in one month using a HART Have-A-Hart trap.
Nice video. Thanks for putting the bird names in for us, was kind of a surprise. Thanks for spending the money and time to make this video.
WOW an impressive contraption! Love seeing the rodents comply for a change. Your birds are beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
This was a nice refreshing video, well done! Thoroughly enjoyed it.
The black and orange Orioles look amazing. Great job sir.
If the squirrels, just like the squirrels around here, had any sense, they wouldn't have to climb up to the feeders. The birds are so messy, they knock more out of the feeder than they eat so there's more than enough on the ground. lol My dad wrapped the feeder post with sheets of aluminum with the top sheet overlapping the bottom one so the squirrels couldn't jump up, get their claws on the top of the bottom sheet then work their way on up. Worked pretty good. But your way is way more fun to watch!
Why are these little thieves so cute looking. The video is very entertaining indeed.
GORGEOUS birds !!
Thanks for naming all of those colorful birds, nice show
Glad you liked it. Thanks for Watching!
@@michiganmuck1716 very entertaining with banter and all!
That bird at 13:55 is beautiful. Never seen any like him.
Beautiful Birds...thanks for the video!!!
Thats a great variety of birds at the same feeder. wow!
I'm a UK Birder, just love your birds, glad to see you sorted those squirrells out, thanks for sharing....Mike
I have basically the same setup,my feeders are about 8-9 feet off the ground and I have them on pulleys to let them down and fill them.I wrapped the post in black aluminum flashing and put a squirrel baffle on it,
I never have any squirrels on my feeders.
If I had to do it again I would use a longer 4×4
I had a bear break my feeders once.
I like that idea,I was thinking about using your idea around my feeders to keep bears away.
Haha. Keeps testing and then looking/smelling around like, who keeps doing that to me. Priceless. A bit mean but still priceless.
Best anti squirrel system I have seen.
Thanks for all the different birds you identified after you solved the squirrel problem. I’m just getting into bird watching and that was really helpful!
Looks like a shocking experience. They definitely got a charge out of it.
Stop with the puns 😂
what a wonderful video to see those lovely birds i haven't seen before thank you
Awesome bird collection.
Squirrel: “There’s GOLD up that post and I WANT IT” !
Said Veruka Squirrel to her daddy. LOL
Animals are just opportunists, trying to survive lol, I’d throw squirrely a few peanuts 🥜
Yep
Id throw him in my frying pan!
@@ethanb498 tf, i- chill out my guy. sadist as, lookin ass.
The birds usually knock quite a few seeds to the ground. While it won't be the bonanza that they'd get straight from the feeder, they ain't gonna starve.
Why would you feed a rat tree? They are though survivalist animal.
I hand fed a squirrel when I was child. I was a kid, what did I know. Reeducation commenced from the palm of my dad's hand. I learned, standing up, that the fizzy rats carried fleas,lice, ticks, and bites were painful. Now days I too, suffer from squirrel induced, homicidal rages. I love your videos and they are part of my court mandated therapy, so, it's a win win. Keep up the great work and never tell where the bodies are buried.
Love the music !!
You can nickname the squirrel Sparky now LOL.
Squirrels are fun to watch as they solve puzzles.
Squirrels maybe fun to watch but there better to watch in my oven. cooking.
Fun to watch them fry!
Until they chew a hole in your house and build nests in your walls...lol
I like this way of handling the squirrels problems. So many beautiful birds and educational. I love squirrels I have a few feed peanut butter oats grapes any left over fruits.
So glad to see many kinds of birds in backyard... But love to see squirrels playing around too.
I love the space you have in America around your houses. Here in the UK we have 11 houses per acre! Mental, I know, but the UK is tiny and has around the same population as Canada! Great video and innovative use of the zapper! 😆 🐿
You need to bring back the Empire, obviously not wise to go to India now, very unfortunate to say the least, I wish them the best. 🙏
Quite possibly the most satisfying RUclips video ever. Great job!
All the squirrels around his home now have a slight glow at night. ;D
I was expecting his little skeleton to become visible for a couple of seconds each time he touched the wire... Three days later he's wondering why balloons keep sticking to him...
Wonderful visual image, a real keeper.
Hahaha. Underrated comment. It also seems we grew up with the same cartoons.
The ending is great showing all those cute birds!
I got a really good laugh out of that one I enjoyed it very much them damn squirrels
10:03 Now he's got that nervous tic in his tail... Well, that worked out fabulously. The treerats are gone and look at all those beautiful birds peacefully having brunch together. Lovely.
What a fun video! I loved the little dog, and thank you for all of the bird IDs!
Defo a cutey little chihuahua.
The music just makes it more funnier.
The English it makes me more commenting.
You get a lot of great birds. Thanks for sharing.
Happy Bird happy life squirrels going nuts🤗
My father in law used to use tubing to tap his maple trees draining them into a tank in the Spring and the squirrels loved to chew through them to get to the sap. A friend and I were going to make a c-clips with an ear on each side to clip over the tubing. Then a light piano wire could be ran down each side of the tubing from ear to ear on the clips and then be connected to a weed burner electric fencer. I know lots of guys that were tapping trees that would’ve bought these clips just to watch those destructive tree rats dance when they got between those wires and ended up getting the hell shocked out of them on the tubing.
Your quarantine crafts project is very entertaining
Great idea! I’m sure the birds agree. :)
An easy squirrel proof device for those skinny metal poles, is a two liter plastic pop bottle. Just drill a hole in the bottom, and slide it up the pole. It is too slippery and two large in diameter for a squirrel to climb or hang onto. For athletic squirrel, stack two bottles.
I like the music. The camera operator has a cute laugh as well.
1970s disco. Sounds a bit like Chic.
well thought out and executed. love the squirrel's confusion. very nice to see the birds. thanks
You have a wonderful variety of bird species over there
Man yall got all the beautiful birds. Awesome.
You sick creative monster! Funny tho! Haha