{"id":15574,"date":"2025-07-05T09:30:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T14:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=15574"},"modified":"2025-07-05T09:30:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T14:30:58","slug":"not-happy-with-squirrels-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=15574","title":{"rendered":"Not Happy with Squirrels Right Now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2rd9UXc\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54615148721_670fd54219.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3754\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the little darlings chewed through the wire between my camera feeder and the solar panel. This is the second time. This time they ran off with the wire connector. They did last time also but I found it elsewhere in the yard. This time no dice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2reGoEz\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54632606917_69be324ce1_c.jpg\" alt=\"Damaged Camera Feeder\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So it&#8217;s going to be splice time. I think they are mad because I am using habanero flavored bird food which the squirrels won&#8217;t eat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2reiQeF\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54628205361_1779c80838_c.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So I don&#8217;t have any bird videos but how about a photo of our Pom, Kodi with his patriotic tie. Doesn&#8217;t he look like a dapper dog? He had a spa day. He loves the people at the groomers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2reMTU8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54633680819_7dc562c647.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And here is our rescue dog Sadie. She loves to play. In this photo she wants me to quit snapping pics and throw that red ball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2reMbhv\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54633540829_6ce907b9fe.jpg\" alt=\"DSCF0584\" width=\"500\" height=\"386\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a cardinal caught leaving a feeder by jumping off. It looks like a bird version of Tom Cruise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2reMbK9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54633542374_4d808d38a3.jpg\" alt=\"DSCF0521\" width=\"491\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And this might be a female cardinal (correct me if I am wrong) landing on the feeder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between squirrels chewing up solar panel wire and Sadie chewing up my laptop power cord, I am getting pretty good at splicing wires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am linking with Eileen&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com\/2025\/07\/saturdays-critters-603.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com\/2025\/07\/saturdays-critters-603.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>Saturday&#8217;s Critters.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the little darlings chewed through the wire between my camera feeder and the solar panel. 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