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Hopefully this doesn't violate the no ads rule, as it is my model. But I'm pretty proud of it and wanted to share.

I designed a backyard feeder to look like the restaurant from Bob's Burgers complete with a Burger of the Day special. It's fully 3d printed (other than glue) and designed to be tough (it wasn't until I uploaded the gcode that I realized it's 1.2 kg worth of filament). So far the squirrels and jays are loving it.

https://www.printables.com/model/493447-bobs-birders

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did you or the squirrel decide it's also a squirrel feeder?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The squirrel, but not in the way you think.

It spent summer 2022 trying to find a way get to a window mounted bird feeder. It tried leaping from a window AC unit, coming down from a plant hanger on the eve, and shimmying across the window ledge with just its from paws. It was like a slapstick version of Mission Impossible. I decided it deserved a meal.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Props to you for feeding it. People who call them pests clearly haven't tried to bond with any. Amazingly intelligent critters, I feel like they're sorta like pigeons- they absolutely have a sentience and personalities. I used to feed one almonds all the time and it would even come right up to me and take 'em from my hand. Pretty sure that stopped them going for my tomatoes lol. They'll eat garden snails too FYI