Protecting Your Birdhouse From Squirrels

Protect a Bird House

I took this cute picture of a squirrel a few months ago, it was scampering around a churchyard, looking for food, and let me get quite close to it. 

Despite looking cute, squirrels can pose a massive threat to eggs and young chicks, they are agile and can get almost anywhere, they eat the birds eggs and even the chicks. Squirrels can easily reach into a birdhouse and fish out the contents they can also chew their way in surprisingly quickly (normally around the entrance hole!) 

So if you live in an area with a lot of squirrels then it might be a good idea to take some squirrel deterring steps.


Here Are 2 Ideas To Help You Protect Your Birdhouse From Squirrels.


1. Birdhouse Guardian- These tubes affix to the birdhouse with screws and stop the squirrel from chewing, or reaching its way the birdhouse; if your birdhouse is made from some material that they can't be screwed onto, you can attach with super glue or epoxy resin instead.

Here are some birdhouse hole protectors.



 
2. A High Up Entrance Hole -  Having the entrance hole set up high allows the bird to drop down into its nesting area, this makes it much harder for any rummaging little squirrels to get their grubby paws down into the actual nest area.