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Pennsylvania town’s $1,000-a-day fine is for the birds, residents say
FOX ^
| 1-21-14
| unattributed
Posted on 01/21/2014 10:35:23 PM PST by smokingfrog
A retired Pennsylvania couple is facing a $1,000-a-day fine for feeding birds at their Bethlehem Township home, The Morning Call reported.
The couple has been feeding the birds for 25 years at their home, which is north of Philadelphia, but their bird feeder has been deemed out of compliance with town code.
Those who support the fine say the bird-feeding ordinance is in place to deter the habitation of squirrels and other rodents in the area, the report said. The ordinance, in part, calls for a squirrel-proof top and catch basin affixed at the bottom of all bird feeders.
Increased enforcement of the ordinance appears to be the result of a resident complaining about bird feeders in the area attracting deer.
"After all this, it's all about deer," said Diane Ganssle, the homeowner who was visited by a code enforcement officer in December. "Deer are there without the feeders."
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: codenazis
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To: smokingfrog
Wouldn’t ownership of a 10/22 be sufficient to take care of the squirrel issue?
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posted on
01/21/2014 10:37:31 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Paladin2
A .410 shotgun would work pretty good — if you had a Kevlar bird feeder.
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posted on
01/21/2014 10:41:54 PM PST
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: Paladin2
That or a pocket rocket.
Gotta get a bigger load for the 150# hoofed rodents.
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posted on
01/21/2014 10:47:01 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Paladin2
Wouldnt ownership of a 10/22 be sufficient to take care of the squirrel issue?My wife puts out peanuts for the squirrels to keep them away from the bird feeder. It actually seems to work.
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posted on
01/21/2014 10:59:45 PM PST
by
dr_lew
To: Vendome
My dawg takes out the smaller rodents (Hey you woodchucks, quit chuckin’ my wood) and chases off the >100lb ones.
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posted on
01/21/2014 11:02:07 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: dr_lew
Hell!..My wife puts out Wolf urine around my bird feeder....She said shes sick of deer meat...the birds still come though...Shes clever for her age
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posted on
01/21/2014 11:06:46 PM PST
by
M-cubed
To: M-cubed
"Shes clever for her age"
Well, keep her then. ;-) (Just in case she's reading)
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posted on
01/21/2014 11:08:37 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: smokingfrog
I was just reading the other day about a correlation between deer populations in conjunction with rodent populations having a higher prevalence of Lyme’s Disease.
Seems another good reason to not attract them to your yard.
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posted on
01/21/2014 11:22:34 PM PST
by
Valpal1
(If the police can t solve a problem with violence, they ll find a way to fix it with brute force)
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
01/21/2014 11:39:03 PM PST
by
gortklattu
(God knows who is best, everybody else is making guesses - Tony Snow)
To: Paladin2; smokingfrog; Vendome
You toy with my friends at your peril!
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posted on
01/22/2014 12:36:41 AM PST
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: smokingfrog
I have found a kind of bird seed that squirrels refuse to eat. It is safflower seed, a white seed that I can only find at one place in Houston,a Wildbird Store. Pound for pound it is more expensive than bird seed but since not one grain of it goes to the squirrels, it last a long time.
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posted on
01/22/2014 12:47:15 AM PST
by
Ditter
To: smokingfrog
I have found a kind of bird seed that squirrels refuse to eat. It is safflower seed, a white seed that I can only find at one place in Houston,a Wildbird Store. Pound for pound it is more expensive than bird seed but since not one grain of it goes to the squirrels, it last a long time.
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posted on
01/22/2014 12:47:26 AM PST
by
Ditter
To: smokingfrog
squirrel-proof top? ... Ha Ha Ha.
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
01/22/2014 2:18:17 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: Paladin2
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posted on
01/22/2014 2:29:00 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
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To: Marylander
I, for one, would like to see a “squirrel-proof feeder.” I don’t believe in The Tooth Fairy either.
TC
To: smokingfrog
they don’t feed the birds....i’m sure they simply fill the so-called bird feeder with so-called bird seed and then walk away. if birds choose to land and eat, that’s up to them. Deer come into my yard and eat the apples off my tree and also eat some of the shubbery. I don’t feed the deer. they just come by and help themselves.....
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posted on
01/22/2014 3:39:38 AM PST
by
wny
To: Pentagon Leatherneck
Squirrel proof bird feeder.
Take plastic PVC pipe and attach to 2 trees or posts. Cut tops and bottoms off of 1 or 2 litre soda bottles and slide over pipe . Hang feeder. When the squirrels jump or try to cross, the soda bottles spin .
Best squirrel deterrent ever.
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posted on
01/22/2014 3:54:57 AM PST
by
lucky american
(The Democrats will follow the big "D"even if it means going over a cliff.)
To: smokingfrog
www dot deadsquirrel dot com (clix the pix)
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posted on
01/22/2014 4:51:02 AM PST
by
Peet
(Oderint dum metuant)
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