If you're tired of sneaky squirrels gobbling up all of the bird food in your backyard, swapping out your bird feeder pole ...

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Squirrels still eat more from his bird feeders than the birds do, but "I don't mind that I personally don't always win. "I enjoy outwitting them, I do.

1) Birds are more like Superman than squirrels will ever be. (You're thinking: squirrels can fly, too. But, in general, they can't. They just sort of glide, at best, and gliding just doesn't cut it.) ...

Hang a plastic lid 3" below the feeder to catch seed for other birds to enjoy. While squirrels will eat most types of birdseed, they are less attracted to Niger and safflower seed.

Foragers by nature, squirrels will eat up to a pound of food a week, which can include nuts, seeds, ... “That means installing a truly squirrel-free bird feeder is going to take some ingenuity.

Rat snakes would also eat a bird egg, but flying squirrels are probably a greater threat. The investigators put up 60 nest boxes and placed quail eggs and simulated eggs of modeling clay in each box.