Thank you pat. I am sorry to hear you have lost even more things you could have used.
We had a problem 2years ago with squirrels coming up on our front porch, and eating all the bird seed. Seeing the first squirrel come up on our porch looked cute, but that quickly passed when we seen what all they were doing. We finally bought one bird feeder that was one made to keep out the squirrels. It did work, but the birds didn't like coming to it near as much. Last year wasn't a problem with them so we figured that one year was due to them not finding food. That was the first time I didn't see acorns on the back side of our house. They always fall from the trees back there. Haven't seen them on our porch so far this year either, so I hope it stays that way. We don't find them so cute anymore. They are real pests, and had me concerned about them getting into the attack.