How to Prevent Squirrels from Eating Birdseed

Tired of squirrels chowin down on all of your birdseed? Fear not! There are several solutions!

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Read on

1. 1. Squirrel Proof Feeders
   There are a whole range of squirrel proof feeders. Some are weight bearing, meaning the weight of the squirrel causes the birdseed holes to close. Others are encased in a grid, squirrels cannot get into these, but unfortuneatly some of the bigger birds (i.e. cardinals) cannot either. My favorite squirrel proof feeder is the yankee flipper. It is motorized and literally spins the squirrels right off the feeder.

2. 2. Avoid trees
   For the feeders that are not squirrel proof put them on a pole designed for bird feeding rather than a tree

3. 3. Grease up the pole
   As a quick fix, you can use vegetable shortening to grease up the pole. Critters can't climb up when it is too slippery.

4. 4. Squirrel Bafflers
   A squirrel bafflers attaches to the pole your bird feeder is on and prevents the squirrel from going up. This is good because it works in conjunction with any feeder.

[vin435]

on 8/11/2009 very nice article.

[Meri]

on 8/25/2008 You can also put cayenne pepper in the seed. It doesn't hurt the birds but the squirrels won't touch it.