Butterfly And Squirrel Feeders

Besides wild birds, butterflies and squirrels are also frequent visitors to the common American garden. While butterflies are often welcome sights, offering beautiful colors and a sense of natural beauty on which to reflect, squirrels can often be pesky nuisances, intent on raiding birdfeeders. There are a wide variety of butterfly and squirrel feeders that are sold to either attract or entertain these visitors.

It’s hard to resist the beauty and fascination that surround butterflies; indeed, they are perhaps the most loved insects in the world. The transformation of the caterpillar into the butterfly has been at the basis of many literary metaphors and philosophies. Not only are they the ultimate expression of internal beauty, but butterflies also provide the all-important task of pollination as they move from flower to flower in search of nectar.

Many experts agree that the best way to attract butterflies is to plant a butterfly garden, using flowers that are frequently visited by these insects. For those of you who don’t wish to or can’t put the time and effort into planting and maintaining a garden, an excellent alternative is a butterfly feeder. You can fill butterfly feeders with nectar of varying amounts and many feeders also come with various spikes and indentations where you can place fruits that butterflies love to feed on. You can also purchase commercially prepared nectar, though some butterfly experts suggest you make your own. Squirrels, on the other hand, though they might not possess the same beauty as butterflies, appeal to our love of everything cute and cuddly. Many people love having squirrels in their yard because of this. Despite their cuteness and cuddliness, however, squirrels can often get on your nerves if they constantly raid and destroy your bird feeder. There are two things that you can do when standing in front of your ruined bird feeder. First, remember that squirrels are responsible for planting a great number of trees thanks to their practice of gathering and burying nuts. The second, and more practical (especially for your nerves), thing you can do is buy or build a squirrel feeder.

Squirrel feeders come in a variety of designs; all have the intention of keeping squirrels away from bird feeders. Many also have the added benefit of being entertaining to humans as well; indeed, there are a number of squirrel feeders that will make squirrels work for their meal through balancing acts or spinning wheels. Peanuts and corn on the cob are the most used food items for squirrel feeders.