Man vs. Tree Rodents Part Deux

We have an ongoing battle against the squirrels in the garden that eat bird food from the feeder. Not only do they finish all the bird feed within a day they also chase the birds away. 
Chasing them away, making noise, squirting with water guns, tossing twigs at them- we tried it all and nothing [...]

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Red Cardinal

The red cardinal is the state bird of Virginia- if you put out bird seed they come in droves!
The male of the species is bright red and the female is a dull brown with a red undercoat.
Oh, and to stop squirrels from eating all the seed we greased the pole that the bird [...]

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