Us northern folks avoid a lot of the crazy insects and snakes and gators and what not, if your house is sound you will never need to worry about pests,. Damn mosquitos and black flies though. Also snow and lots of it, at least where I live.
me too! I have it outside in front of the kitchen table window! I love hummingbirds!
That is what I use to put my hummingbird feeders on.
and i hang two bird feeders on a double sided one of those metal things, in another area.... but, little red squirrels can still climb them! it worked for about a week to keep the squirrels off....but iif it is not directly upright, and has any lean to it at all, the squirrels can make it up the pole!!
well, I did almost die a couple of days ago, because of her!!
From a heart attack!
I was sitting on the sofa, and out of the corner of my eye, I thought I saw something move so I turned to see what it was....and it was a snake, slivering across the floor....
my neighbor, a half mile down the country road with woods in between us....heard me SCREAM!!!
And my kitty was no where to be found to save me, (or hiding behind something, watching 'mommy'.... and laughing at the great surprise she gave me)
and of course, Matt was at work!!!And I had to figure out how to catch it, before it slivered behind the stove or refrigerator!!
that's how we got this cat! she was a stray, about 6-7 months old....we used to see her in the meadow across the way, chasing and pouncing on things....we figured it was field mice... Then, some how....she ended up on our property...usually sitting in the shade under an apple tree, just watching us on the deck....or she would watch Matt mow the lawn.... never too close.... i tried to lure her over....but she wouldn't come near us.... she just watched us....I'm allergic to cats yet I have a big old stray tomcat that chose to live in my house. He just picked my house and moved in before I even noticed. He's a 20 pounder fat bastard.
4 kitties, but the Doc said she was way too young and small (4 1/2 lbs) to be pregnant and there was a risk to her life so we listened to him, and he spayed her.....
that's how we got this cat! she was a stray, about 6-7 months old....we used to see her in the meadow across the way, chasing and pouncing on things....we figured it was field mice... Then, some how....she ended up on our property...usually sitting in the shade under an apple tree, just watching us on the deck....or she would watch Matt mow the lawn.... never too close.... i tried to lure her over....but she wouldn't come near us.... she just watched us....I'm allergic to cats yet I have a big old stray tomcat that chose to live in my house. He just picked my house and moved in before I even noticed. He's a 20 pounder fat bastard.
then one day, I came home and she was sleeping in a chair on our deck.... and we became her slaves from that point forward.....
we thought she was a HE, what the heck did we know? we thought we saw balls, or something that resembled such?
Well, Matt dropped HIM off at the local Vet to be 'fixed'....
about an hour later the vet called and said, ''Your 'he' is a 'she' and is pregnant''.... we both gasped, and said wha wha wha WHAT?
ZERO poisonous snakes in Maine, but truthfully, that did not matter at the moment I saw it.....!!!!
ZERO poisonous snakes in Maine, but truthfully, that did not matter at the moment I saw it.....!!!!
It only helped me, when I realized I needed to catch it! I kept telling myself over and over again,
'There are no poisonous snakes in Maine, there are no poisonous snakes in Maine, there are no poisonous snakes in Maine!!!!!!'
I found this big tin can that had like 3 flavors of popcorn in it.....only crumbs left in the can and I dumped it all out,
I chased the snake away from the kitchen, and it got underneath the stand of a floor lamp in the living room area, to hide from me.... in one quick swoop, I lifted the floor lamp and covered the snaked with the upside down tin can, then poked holes in the top with an ice-pick so it could get air, and put a rock on top, and waited for Matt to get home!!!!
Might want to look into suet blocks too. They used to be pretty cheap, about 98 cents a block. Now they're over a buck. Very efficient. The squirrels can nibble a bit at them but they don't like them as much as the birds and the wire cages that hold the suet are more suited to feeding critters with beaks.
It's easy to make your own suet blocks. You might save money there but I haven't looked into it. If you find out it's cheaper, let me know please.
Another thing about birds: They are always a meal or two away from dying of starvation. Suet offers a quick, easy boost of protein and fat. A nibble or two of suet can save a bird's life.
Summer time for birds and squirrels is their starvation time. The mast that keeps them alive, (seeds and nuts) doesn't fall until Autumn. Last year's mast is gone. Especially for birds. If you are going to put out food for the critters, please do it especially in the Summer.
there is NOTHING more EVIL, than Black flies..... I am SO ALLERGIC to their bite!!!! The bite swells out to golf ball size, feels like my skin is going to rip open, and the bite itches like mad, no less than a full month!!!
Might want to look into suet blocks too. They used to be pretty cheap, about 98 cents a block. Now they're over a buck. Very efficient. The squirrels can nibble a bit at them but they don't like them as much as the birds and the wire cages that hold the suet are more suited to feeding critters with beaks.
It's easy to make your own suet blocks. You might save money there but I haven't looked into it. If you find out it's cheaper, let me know please.
Another thing about birds: They are always a meal or two away from dying of starvation. Suet offers a quick, easy boost of protein and fat. A nibble or two of suet can save a bird's life.
Summer time for birds and squirrels is their starvation time. The mast that keeps them alive, (seeds and nuts) doesn't fall until Autumn. Last year's mast is gone. Especially for birds. If you are going to put out food for the critters, please do it especially in the Summer.
We've had Squirrels knock down suet, heck even the occasional Woodpecker can, but something in the night in our old house used to drag it, something obviously bigger, (Perhaps a deer, raccoon etc.)
Might want to look into suet blocks too. They used to be pretty cheap, about 98 cents a block. Now they're over a buck. Very efficient. The squirrels can nibble a bit at them but they don't like them as much as the birds and the wire cages that hold the suet are more suited to feeding critters with beaks.
It's easy to make your own suet blocks. You might save money there but I haven't looked into it. If you find out it's cheaper, let me know please.
Another thing about birds: They are always a meal or two away from dying of starvation. Suet offers a quick, easy boost of protein and fat. A nibble or two of suet can save a bird's life.
Summer time for birds and squirrels is their starvation time. The mast that keeps them alive, (seeds and nuts) doesn't fall until Autumn. Last year's mast is gone. Especially for birds. If you are going to put out food for the critters, please do it especially in the Summer.
We've had Squirrels knock down suet, heck even the occasional Woodpecker can, but something in the night in our old house used to drag it, something obviously bigger, (Perhaps a deer, raccoon etc.)
I gave up on the suet because of pilleated woodpecker destruction.
Might want to look into suet blocks too. They used to be pretty cheap, about 98 cents a block. Now they're over a buck. Very efficient. The squirrels can nibble a bit at them but they don't like them as much as the birds and the wire cages that hold the suet are more suited to feeding critters with beaks.
It's easy to make your own suet blocks. You might save money there but I haven't looked into it. If you find out it's cheaper, let me know please.
Another thing about birds: They are always a meal or two away from dying of starvation. Suet offers a quick, easy boost of protein and fat. A nibble or two of suet can save a bird's life.
Summer time for birds and squirrels is their starvation time. The mast that keeps them alive, (seeds and nuts) doesn't fall until Autumn. Last year's mast is gone. Especially for birds. If you are going to put out food for the critters, please do it especially in the Summer.
We've had Squirrels knock down suet, heck even the occasional Woodpecker can, but something in the night in our old house used to drag it, something obviously bigger, (Perhaps a deer, raccoon etc.)
I gave up on the suet because of pilleated woodpecker destruction.
are you in new england? I have pilleated woodpeckers living on my property too! THEY ARE HUGE HUGE HUGE.... I had no idea woodpeckers could be so large!
I have a couple of feeders that have an outer cage around them
