by Sue Huey - Written for Heart to Heart
Used by permission
Used by permission
We had a special bluebird house that my father-in-law had made for us. It was used by quite a few bluebird families and we enjoyed watching them. One day I noticed that the hole was quite a bit larger than it used to be! It kept getting a little bigger each day, and I finally I caught the culprit!
A squirrel had decided that was his new favorite thing to gnaw on! After that, quite a few birds continued to check out the house, but no one wanted to make a nest in there anymore.
My father-in-law went to heaven a few years ago, so he couldn't make us a new house. My husband took it down and figured out how to make a new front for it, but I was afraid that a squirrel would destroy it again. Then I remembered that I had shared a picture on of the squirrel "showing off his handiwork," and Lois had commented that there were metal protectors available to prevent that.
I did a quick search on Amazon and came up with this handy affordable device:
It
was here in two days, and attached very easily with two screws which
were included. Now our bluebird house is safe from the destructive
rodents, and a new bluebird couple is happily building a nest in it.
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