Every once and a while, I get messages from people who are interested in trying the Backyard Bag Feeder Project idea for themselves, just to see what animals they can catch in the act working on getting the food out of their similarly designed Feeders. This page is a tribute to those people who’ve been just crazy enough to try it out for themselves and kindly allow me to share their successes and failures in the exciting world of the Backyard Bag Feeder Project!
You can contribute too! If you are interested in trying the Backyard Bag Feeder Project design out for yourself and your local wildlife and would like to share your experiences with us, drop me a line using this contact form and I’ll make a page for your version of the Project - if you’d like to add videos and pictures also (which is definitely preferred, if possible! :)), I’ll put them on your page as well - just let me know what you want to do and we’ll work it out! NOTE: I’m not going to put projects on my page with a cruel intention… NO cruel submissions or anything of that nature! Case in point… no shooting crows, not using this method to trap raccoons (or anything else), and no squirrel launchers! 
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#1 - Chris Osborne’s “Pillow Feeder” Project
PROJECT TIMELINE: October 2006-January 2007
INTERESTED CREATURES: Gray and Black Squirrels
• A squirrel hangs off of the “Pillow Feeder”
Chris Osborne, webmaster of the former 8-webcam Backyard Voyeur website project decided to try his hand at putting together a similar project to mine (after hearing me talk about my project on his site for a few months… :)) He made a simple Feeder project out of a large Hefty bag and a section of (safely enclosed) Nu-Foam, and then put peanuts in the bag and sealed it up. Although it took his squirrels a week to get used to the concept, once they got the hang of it, they literally “got the hang of it” — from a ground feeder to a vertically-oriented ground feeder… to a completely free-swinging-in-midair feeder design (which greatly inspired me to make a vertical feeder to follow suit)! And the squirrels followed suit as well, cracking each and every one of his designs open to gain access to the treasure trove of peanuts inside. Because his site had multiple webcams, and he greatly appreciated my help in recording them, it was easy to watch the progression of each design and record footage of the squirrels (in very good quality!) thwarting all of them! Also due to the fact he shut down his site operation a few months ago, I was able to save all of the content from his version (also with his permission), and it’s easy to re-visit all of that again here!