I normally don't mind the squirrels but these are something else. I had two huge 50 pound heavy-duty plastic bins outside for my bird seed and they chewed through the top of one. I love my doves, cardinals, finches, woodpeckers. indigo buntings and even the little wrens. But these squirrels show up at 5-8 at a time and devour everything. Birdfeeders are for birds. Just too much pro-creating going on with those varmints. I don't like guns, but was tempted to get a pellet rifle, this is more humane and funny.