Thinking ahead

The other day, I was changing in my room when I spied a little thief at the bird feeder I keep on the balcony. I say thief in loose terms, only because it was no bird gobbling up the seeds, but a squirrel. I've never seen a squirrel in the nearby magnolia tree before, as it's in the middle of our yard, which is surrounded by dog yards at the kennel, but there he was, capitalizing on an important opportunity. I can't say I blame him for taking the risk; this past hurricane season, we lost a massive pecan tree in our yard, and I imagine he is missing it even more than we are. He's lost an important food source. I don't mind feeding more than just birds; there are five other feeders in the y