"Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail." – Oprah
We have a lot of birds where I live. I've attributed it to the number of mature trees, but part of it may be my lovely bride's obsession with feeding them. Over the years we've tried a lot of bird houses and bird feeders and I admit to a little thrill when I see evidence they've been used. Today I am looking out on a new addition to the bird feeder family. A glass house advertised as a "Hanging Squirrel Baffling Bird Feeder"

Impressive handmade little thing, I know. It's hard to tell from the picture, but the openings to the bird seed is via the little holes. There are some outside troughs a squirrel could get to, but the real riches lay inside. Easy for the squirrel to see, but hard for them to get to. Baffling to the squirrel you might say.
The birds love it. Whatever you put in the glass box disappears within days. Sitting here staring at the nearly empty marvelous bird feeder that baffles critters I see something.

It's a terrible picture but that, my friends, is a squirrel to the right of a glass/gold bird feeder. The furry thing is hanging upside down and tipping the bird feeder over, so the seed falls into its little mouth.
A little squirrel keg stand if you will.
Wilson and I chase it away. And the others. (I doubt squirrels are any good at keeping secrets. It can't be just one.) It doesn't matter. There is one hanging off this thing every time we look.
It's ok. Things are tough out there and not just for birds. It's the least we can do, installing this beautiful, Canadian hand-crafted, bird multi-species feeder in the yard.
I'm taking it as evidence there is always a way. Keep trying. Or to paraphrase a TV icon, "think like a squirrel, a squirrel is not afraid to fail."
Have a great week, next week!
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