For some inexplicable reasons, (Bill Spohn) wrote:


:
:One guy I know was ****ed off that they always ate his birdseed from his
:feeders, and he invested in a rather diabolical feeder device that sensed the
:weight of anything heavier than a squirrel, and then released a spring drive
:that spun the whole feeder, launching the squirrel into low orbit. It didn't
:seem to faze the squirrels, and was actually pretty enteratining to watch,
:sitting on the porch, making bets about direction and distance for the next
:'flying' squirrel.

A long, narrow metal cone mounted wide-end downward around the
feeder's pole will stop a squirrel (assuming that the feeder is not
within jumping distance of any other object, including the ground.

--
Wendy Chatley Green