A railing review

I set up the suet feeder a few weeks back with a brick of hot pepper suet, and the squirrel-resistant seed feeder a few days ago with a seed mix laced with cayenne. This is the approach I took last winter that seemed to keep the squirrels at bay. And yes, I've seen only woodpeckers, house sparrows (oh well), and cardinals partaking so far.

This morning I went over to the back door and looked out, and there on the railing sat one of the fattest, fluffiest squirrels I've ever seen. It was sitting up, looking straight at me. It looked up at the suet feeder. It looked back at me. It distinctly said "Churt." Looked back at the feeder. Back at me. And then slowly walked down the railing and off the porch.

I think it was trying to tell me that there was something wrong with the food, and possibly that it was going to leave a 1-star review on Yelp. No kidding, squirrel. Tell all your buddies.

(I do want to set up the corn-on-a-rope squirrel feeder I had last year, but unfortunately there's now a car parked there.)