Valerie vs. Squirrels, Round I

Valerie has had a 16 year battle with the squirrels pillaging her bird food. She has tried all sorts of devices to keep the pests off her feeders. Eventually, they find a way to either get the bird seed or knock the feeder down trying. Her latest setback was with a thistle feeder. Seems something (she insists bear, but I think just a big squirrel) had opened a large hold in the bottom of the feeder. Not one to give up easily, we embarked on a 30 minute journey to try and patch the feeder. A rather ingenious solution if I do say so myself. We cut a piece of linoleum around the hole and wrapped it with about 10 feet of electrical tape.

She refuses to give up. "This will show them who's boss! Do you think we need duct tape?", she asks. Maybe Santa will find it in his heart to bring her a new thistle feeder.