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i love squirrels

So do I - :)

Reminds me of my first squirrel cam. The squirrels gnawed thru a bucket and got at a year's supply of birdseed. I finally turned it into a live webcam.

They'll gnaw down Fort Knox for a nut!

skwhirl 2 years ago

Definitely! I've been doing a vertical version of this project that I've had hanging on a clothesline lately. They climb across the thin clothesline and hang upside-down on the bag to rip it apart! They're amazingly strong and agile when it comes to getting food!

I can imagine how surprised you were to see they ate all the seed! I used to run a webcam of my feeder project, but it's been a while since I've run it for more than 3 or 4 hours at a time (the project, not the webcam) lately.

taburineagle 2 years ago

Wow! those are some fat squirrels you have there!

kramer727272 2 years ago

They're fat because this was shot during the early winter... :) Last winter was amazingly cold, so they put on a little extra weight - they look a lot skinnier now!

taburineagle 2 years ago

awesome!

FredThaSlayer 2 years ago

Thanks!

taburineagle 2 years ago

Another fantastic video!

poemsforcreation 2 years ago

Thanks for saying so, I'm glad you liked it!

taburineagle 2 years ago

So what gave you the idea for this project, anyway? If you've already explained it somewhere and I didn't see then obviously I'm a little bit of a dumbass, LOL. But the bag feeder must provide you with so much entertainment.

Anticyclonic 2 years ago

Hehe... that's cool - :) I have more information about it on my website, but the main idea of it is to see how much effort different animals go through to get the food out of the feeder. You can see how their minds work when they need to find a way into the feeder, and it's cool to watch them tearing at it to get a nut out of it. Different animals have different approaches to the feeder, some are more determined than others, it's just a fun project! Hehe... and it's definitely entertaining!

taburineagle 2 years ago

Zach I just want to take a sec to Thank You for all you do for animals! Your respect and appreciation for them is obvious, your work with them to be commended!

meggiblu 2 years ago

Thank you very much for saying so! Sorry I didn't notice this comment until today, YouTube forgot to let me know on that one - :)

taburineagle 2 years ago

Oops, in my previous Pending comment, I meant, Humane Traps, not human traps.

LucidRmot 2 years ago

If that helps, than more power to you - I've heard from quite a few people that removing an animal from an area doesn't really help all that much, because more animals will just move in to take it's place, but if that's working for you, that's great!

Hehe... despite all of the crap squirrels can do (and do) I still choose to keep them around - ;)

taburineagle 2 years ago

I agree, squirrels get a bad rap-stories of them invading attics, chewing up all the cables on ones house and carrying rabies and deer ticks are spread through generations! Yet the fact remains, squirrels are not predators to anything, they simply try to Survive once they are born!

I solve the 'problem' of them 'getting into things' by putting out a simple bird feeder of basic seed for them to mess with.

I have fed several generations by hand-they all come down from the trees when I call them.

meggiblu 2 years ago

I've got quite a few that have been coming to the door lately! I had one this morning that climbed up to the bannister, propped himself up against the window and looked in to see if there was someone there! I haven't tried feeding them by hand yet, but it looks like it could be fun - if you're careful (my mother got bit by a squirrel trying that once - they can't help it if a peanut looks the same as a finger - :)) Squirrels can damage and invade a house, but not EVERY squirrel does...

taburineagle 2 years ago

I hear people worry about the 'attic' factor and tales abound, yet I have enjoyed squirrels for over 30 yrs and never had a problem nor know of anyone that did. The 'horror stories' go around including rabies, deer ticks etc. Not saying there have not been cases but like any tragedy story we may know stories but not anyone in our lifetime.

I am convinced squirrels get a bad rap, are easy to pick on yet they hurt no one intentionally. They only try to survive & have predators on land & air.

meggiblu 2 years ago

Zach-I talked in the past to a wildlife agent who's wife rescued squirrels & they respond to the human voice. When I started I wore a leather glove (more for their lil hands that they cup on your finger) & used the longest peanuts (bulk you can pick the 3 in a pod) they will shield with their tale & creep toward your hand, I rest it on the door stoop to remain still.

Keep talking soft & calm, they will eventually grab it and run-After this isn't a threat they will relax & take it calmly n pause.

meggiblu 2 years ago

Very cool! I'll have to try that some time, it does look like it would be fun to do! A lot of animals get a bad rap because they don't necessarily do what people want them to do (a raccoon raiding a trashcan, a gull taking food out of someone's hand), but they're just being what they are. We've had squirrels that do a little damage here and there, never had the attic issue, but they have burrowed into a car once... :), they're just trying to find nesting spots... but I still like them!

taburineagle 2 years ago

Hi Tab, I love your vids man, but Squirrels, they're actually very hazardous. They'll break into your house, tear up the screen, borrow through the walls, and chew on the cables outside.

I used to like squirrels, but found out the hard way they were more like violent fat suburban rats. I use those human traps and move em away from my house, a couple miles away, though some states (Mass & CT) you can't (DEC Laws).

LucidRmot 2 years ago

Hehe "violent fat suburban rats" - didn't you use to say for the longest time that you were sad that you didn't get them very often...? I know all of that, and they have done some of that to me as well (especially the cables, we've had to have cables replaced on more than one occasion), but I still choose to like them - they're animals, they're going to screw things up occasionally, but it's not as if they have some vendetta or something against human dwellings, they're just trying to exist.

taburineagle 2 years ago

Actually, now that I think about it, it wasn't you that was sad that you didn't get them very often, it was someone else that I talked to before... hehe - I got people mixed up! :)

taburineagle 2 years ago

This video is so impression!

Also, I love your camera with HD!

FlyBikes089 2 years ago

Thanks! I have another one to release soon - I have a non-tethered version of the feeder project (it's literally just a piece of foam and a bag, but not bunkered down to anything, so it's free to move around) and the squirrels reaction to it - it's cool to see how they react to that version, it's a little more difficult for them to get ahold of! :)

The cam is awesome too - I need to upload more of my HD stuff here soon - :)

taburineagle 2 years ago

Welcome!!!

Ah, sure that no problem so I will keep my eye sharp watch when you make new video come out to release then I will watch for that!

Of course, your cam is so fantastic and impress but I know that those are so expensive for that...but you are so lucky because were already to bought them... :)

FlyBikes089 2 years ago

Agree, he gets the best video I've seen of wildlife.

meggiblu 2 years ago 2

Thank you very much for saying so! I have video I shot recently in 60p that I need to release soon - it's the same project, but recorded with twice as fluid motion - very cool stuff, now I just need to get my #$ together and release it - :)

taburineagle 2 years ago

LMAO, everyone knows me as Youtube's "Mad Editor", and I have to say this video almost had me in tears from laughing so hard. Not only are the squirrels adorable, the editing is nothing short of superb. I am definitely subscribing.

Anticyclonic 2 years ago

Wow! Thanks for the ringing endorsement! I'm glad you like it! :) Thanks for the subscription - I have quite a few crazy squirrel videos! I stopped by your channel, I have to check it out more when I get the time to - for years I've been doing weird edits of things for myself, but I found out about YT Poop last Summer by accident. I don't really want to release anything of mine on my channel, but I love creative YTPs - it's cool when someone can take a piece and completely twist it around!

taburineagle 2 years ago

I bet your YTPs are awesome, too. But I subscribed for another reason, too: to learn from you. I just recently became an amateur bird-watcher and I was looking for cool videos to see how different people arranged their "backyard habitats". I have quite an assortment of animals in my yard (among them 9 squirrels, a bunny, and three hawks, plus lots of song birds). I came upon your video of the adorable cardinal and just started watching the rest of your stuff. Glad I found this channel!

Anticyclonic 2 years ago

Oh, very cool! It's a very cool experience once you get started checking different kinds of birds and animals out. I'm definitely not an expert bird ID'er, but I love seeing new kinds of birds come around. My habitat is basically a standard suburban backyard, with the addition of my bag feeder project (which makes it a *little* different :)), I don't get a lot of wildlife here, but you don't really need to go to an exotic place to appreciate the wildlife you have around you!

taburineagle 2 years ago

Thanks! I love capturing vocalizations - this one definitely didn't disappoint! :) The most vocal squirrel was very interesting, it had red ear tufts, something grey squirrels typically don't have! Maybe it was a hybrid red/grey squirrel!

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