That metal ones looks interesting. I'm at peace with the squirrels. I think they're cute and since I offer good eats, I have two species in my yard: gray and fox. What I don't want is to spend money to put something out there that they're just going to destroy; pointless, that. As a result, my feeding strategy has been the ultra-advanced, high-tech method called, "broadcast spreading." That is, I throw the food on the ground and the animals clean it up.

I feel so smugly superior when I read so many people cursing out the squirrels who raid their feeders because I took an animal behavior course in college and I know it's a losing battle. I watched a film of a squirrel figure out a Rube Goldberg set-up in under an hour for a single friggin' peanut. Why would anyone think that a tube on a pole would defeat these wily adversaries?!? I show my mastery of SG-1 made-up philosophy in that I deny the battle.

They are very annoying in their chewing, though. When I first started this endeavor, I bought special feeders for ground feeders, feeders for squirrels, and a tube feeder for small birds. They all became squirrel feeders and they destroyed every one of them. Even the squirrel feeders. Hmph.

Maybe metal could survive the onslaught? I'm not certain as I expect to see squirrels with tiny blow torches because they are just that resourceful.

p.s. O HAI! Long time no chat. *huggles you* Hope that life is good to you, yes?