Who Wins?

11 Who Wins? My mom loves to feed the birds. Every autumn, she puts up a bird fecder. She buys bird food at the store. Then, she fills up the feeder and waits for the birds to come. She looks out our window and watches all the wonderful birds coming to feed there. There is a problem, though. Every year the squirrels come and steal all the bird seeds. It really frustrates my mom. " Why do they think they can steal all the bird food?" she says. “ If I wanted to feed the squirrels, I would set up a squirrel feeder. " Over the years, Mom has tried every trick in the book to rid herself of the pesky squirrels. But squirrels are very intelligent animals. They are also good climbers. And they can jump really far when they need to. Mom erected barriers to try to keep the squirrels away. She put up a wire fence. But the squirrels just found a way to jump over it. Squirrels could even dig underneath it if they really wanted to.

Mom didn't give up easily though. She went on the Internet and read all about the problem with squirrels stealing from bird feeders. She discovered there was only one foolproof method to get rid of them: live trapping. Yes, that's right! You catch the squirrel in a trap. It doesn't hurt the squirrel at all. It's just a small cage. Mom borrowed one from the local animal shelter. This is how the trap works. You put some food inside the trap. The squirrel comes in to eat and the door closes. The squirrel is inside and cannot escape. Then, you take the squirrel away from your house. Mom caught the squirrel in the live trap. She drove it outside of the city and let it go free. Now, only birds come to Mom's bird feeder. She is happy. The birds are happy. And of course, the squirrel is happy living in the countryside where there is always plenty to eat.