March 12, 2026
Horned Grebe at the Celery Farm
My first ever here. And the spring arrivals are arriving! The grebe was No. 186 on my Celery Farm life…
Trying to keep squirrels away from owl boxes and bird feeders is next to impossible. They will always find a way.
The latest case in point is my "100 percent squirrel-proof" feeder.
I found most of it on the ground today.
Turns out that I did not have the lid to the feeder seated properly, and a squirrel got past the baffle, climbed atop the feeder, opened the lid and chewed through two plastic parts until they broke, sending the feeder to the ground.
(Also have a problem with deer eating at the squirrel-proof feeder. Believe me, deer are pigs.)