How to keep squirrels off my bird feeder

[Wade Lippman]

I put a 30' wire between two trees and put a feeder in the middle.
The squirrels would go 50' up a tree and jump down on the the feeder. 95% of the time they bounced off, but the other 5% they held on and that was enough to make them happy.
I gave up

[Stan Calow]

Change your feed to something they dont like, like safflower seed. Grackles doves and some other less-desirable birds also dont like it. I have wire-cage feeders for peanuts and sunflower seeds, that are difficult but not impossible for squirrels to get to. Dog is on perpetual squirrel patrol. I dont like the mixed seed stuff because birds will shove all the seeds out onto the ground to get to the sunflower seeds.

[Bernie Kopfer]

Look up Squirrel Ninja obstacle course. The video is well done and is hilarious! Peppered bird seed works around here as a squirrel deterrent. Birds do not get the burn only mammals, except apparently some deviant probably inbred Texas squirrels 🤣

[Lee Schierer]

As you can see in these videos it is nigh on impossible to frustrate a squirrel from getting to food.

Squirrel Learning

Squirrel Challenge

[Bruce Wrenn]

Have you tried lead oxide. Apply at the rate of 3000FPS. Works for me. A pellet gun is better, as it doesn't disturb the neighbors.

[Myk Rian]

Have you tried lead oxide. Apply at the rate of 3000FPS. Works for me. A pellet gun is better, as it doesn't disturb the neighbors.

3000 fps? I don't think so. 1200? Maybe.

[dennis thompson]

I built this birdfeeder, how do I keep the squirrels away from it?

Just added vaseline to post and cayenne pepper to the seed. This is war and I am losing badly😂

[Mike Cutler]

Not be a wet blanket, but moving a bird feeder out into the open so that squirrels can't get to it from nearby trees, is making a buffet of songbirds for any raptors.

[Lee Schierer]

Not be a wet blanket, but moving a bird feeder out into the open so that squirrels can't get to it from nearby trees, is making a buffet of songbirds for any raptors.

We have ours almost directly under a large tree and we lose several birds each year to sharp shinned hawks that come to feed.

[Wade Lippman]

Have you tried lead oxide. Apply at the rate of 3000FPS. Works for me. A pellet gun is better, as it doesn't disturb the neighbors.

I took one off a branch with a pellet pistol from 50'. I figured I had no chance to hit him, and even if I did I didn't think it would penetrate that thick fur. But I was wrong. Of course it made no difference; there were plenty more.

[Jerry Thompson]

This should work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3Ya6z-NlDo

[Gary Thinglum]

I have a treated 4x4 pole which I put a flange (sold at the nurseries for bird poles) about 48" from the ground.
From the ground to under the flange I put an 8" galvanized circular heat duct pipe.
May not look the best but, over 10-15 years I've only seen several squirrels climb up the vent pipe and get around the flange.

[BOB OLINGER]

Our bird feeders are hung on shepards hooks which are made from about 5/8 - 3/4" steel rod material. Get the cheapest tube of grease from the farm store and apply liberally to the rod - works great. Given you have a nice white support pole, you may not like the looks of grease. A big jar of vaseline applied liberally will likely be less visible.

[Larry Edgerton]

I'm giving up on feeders for the year. My problem is bear, so all the normal solutions do not work. last night a bear tore down my cloths line that had a feeder on it. 2nd time, thought they had wandered on.

[Mark Carlson]

I put torpedo squirrel baffles on my bird feeder poles. Squirrels try but cant get past it. Available on amazon.