Originally Posted by coloradosky
We invested in a squirrel guard for our bird feeder. It looks like a funnel with the large side toward the ground. It worked beautifully for about a year and then along came a gray that could jump over the guard and land against the wooden pole and up he went. It's been all downhill since. Should have invested in a metal pole! Now every year, after the babies come out, we trap all the squirrels we can, one by one, and take them across the river and let them out. It is time to do it again.
Wrap your wooden pole with aluminum flashing like they use in roof valleys. Works good. We have a lot of squirrels, but we have walnut trees and DH feeds them corn. We have enough cats in the neighborhood that keep the population in control.