Pinecone birdfeeder

I thought this was cute, will be looking for others to add, and try. But I will have to get my own pinecone, the kids won't let me use theres, and it has glitter on it from when they used it as Christmas deco

Is Red Pepper the answer

I was watching the squirrels this afernoon, I've seen them climb up to the tree and get close to the feeder but don't climb onto the feeder. I don't know if its because I fixed the frisbee that is on top of the feeder or if they can smell the red pepper. The Cardinals are eating at the feeder but the afternoon squirrels aren't, some what a success. But the real test will come when one of them moves the frisbee aside to get to the feeder. There are usually 7 or more out there early in the morning, so I'll have to wait til then to see. Meanwhile the cardinals are having a feast.
We also put out the bread ends that nobody eats in this house, but the dog loves them so today I put red pepper on them to, maybe she will get the idea when she eats it. The squirrel that is out there is so funny, he runs up and down past the feeder, he'll stop and hang there looking at the feeder, but just won't that the chance of going down it, maybe when another moves the frisbee aside he will.

Try Try Try again

Well the chili powder didn't work, so next is something hot, the birds didn't mind the powder but this morning I found the squirrels like it too. I didn't want to do hot but it might have better results. We'll see. It seems that the squirrels are early morning visitors here, so I will fill the feeders later than usual at least they will get less and the birds more. I'm having trouble getting the shepard hooks into the ground, I don't want to cement them in as I want to move it if it doesn't work out where it is. I will try the feeders on them once I can get them in the ground, there are alot of roots

Another attempt to keep pesky squirrels away

Well the first attempt at keeping those pesky squirrels out of my feeders didn't work. I thought that the one feeder was out of their reach, but I was wrong, they started jumping up to the feeder and cleaning it out. They managed to get around the disk that I put up on the feeder in the tree so I'm trying something else.
I've been reading about the critters and several suggestions mentioned to put chili powder, cayenne... etc. on the seeds. The birds don't seem to mind it. Well I have seen several birds eating from my experimental batch so now I have to see what the squirrels think about it.
Right now my guard cat is on duty, but it seems that they are no where to be seen, my yard must be their early morning feeding ground. Our kitten loves to climb trees and she has moved from the ground under the feeder to one of the trees.
I was given some shepards hooks, so I will be putting a feeder on one and hummingbird feeder on the other, just have to figure out where to put it.
Yesterday we were working on the butterfly garden, we might have to rethink not sure its getting enough light because of all the trees. Its either full sun or very light sunlight.

Yup it was temporary solution

Well my solution lasted a little bit, the darn things found a way to get around the frisbee. Guess I'll have to get a bigger one they just seemed to move it around until they could get past it. I might just have to take it down, but than the birds that have counted on it might not stop by anymore. They aren't too crazy about the other one, it sits too close to the ground, where the kitten hangs out.