We may have lost the battle...but we won the war.

The Great Squirrel war of 2008 rages on at the Coyer house and the squirrel has gotten cocky. Yelling, name calling and chasing after the little critter is getting poor Todd nowhere and he has now changed tactics. His new strategy...to simply stop filling the bird feeder. The squirrels countermove...toss the birdfeeder off its perch and in the middle of our yard. Unfortunately sweet Todd did not share this move with his wife, who loves her birdfeeder and didn't want to waste the 5lbs. of bird seed she purchased. So I filled it (oops) and the battle raged on. This morning we woke up to our feeder not only knocked on the ground but actually dragged onto our patio. Of course sitting right next to it was our lil critter gorging himself with seeds. The squirrel had gone too far. The next few minutes are now a blur, but the bird feeder and 5lbs of bird seed were promptly locked in the basement. My Todd has emerged triumphant. Peace in our house is restored.

Final Score: Sweet Todd: 1 squirrel: 8

Red 'X' marks the original location of our bird feeder, note where the squirrel is on our patio

Bad squirrel!