Yesterday Pam and I came home from work to find the little “stick on” window feeder that is attached to our deck door by suction cups hanging by one suction cup about to fall off. We had no idea how that happened. In addition the birds had been eating a lot of seed from the feeder, or so we thought.
Well, today, when I came home for lunch, I glanced over to the window and saw something that really caught my attention. I ran upstairs and grabbed the camera and caught the little thief red handed, or should I say “red pawed” 
This squirrel was wedged in the feeder happily eating away at all the seed! I don’t know how he got up there. The feeder is about 4 feet off the deck and there’s no “launching pads” nearby. As I moved closer to the window he finally saw me, jumped down, and scampered away. I guess we need to put the feeder a little higher on the window, huh.
Oh…that little devil! Does your window have a screen? Our squirrels climb up the screens to get to our window feeders. But our most damaging culprits are the black bears! They not only eat the food, but they demolish the feeders and bend the poles ’til they snap! (I love seeing them though!)
No screens on the window and no bears in our yard! The squirrels climb up the door by gripping the sliding door part and then jump over to the feeder. They are now knocking the feeder of the door so for now we don’t have a window feeder
We’ll see if I can come up with a solution.
I came upon your website while I was looking up pictures of Eastern Towhees. You have great pictures. I homeschool my three boys and we have loved learning about birds the last two years. We read the Burgess Bird book last year and this year we are doing a more detailed study of winged creatures. Your website looks like a great resource for us. Thanks!
One question. Do you have any suggestions for a decent priced bird feeder that is squirrel proof? We have two feeders. One I filled up last week and in four days all the bird seed was gone. I have another that they have a harder time with, but would like to have a better one.
Thanks!
Paige
Hi Paige!
Glad you found our site and hope you have fun poking around on it. Thanks for the compliments on the pictures. I’m by no means a professional but I have fun trying to get decent photos of the birds.
As far as feeders go, I wish our feeders lasted four days! We fill ours up every day and a half and that’s with no squirrels helping! I’d suggest taking a look at the feeders offered by Wild Birds Unlimited (here’s a link). We got their “system” which is a pole with a squirrel baffle on it that keeps the squirrels away from the feeder. Make sure the feeder is far enough away from trees or bushes so the squirrels can’t use them as launching pads to get on the feeder. We have two tube feeders, a platform feeder and a suet feeder on this one pole and the birds love it.