These pesky squirrels won't give up

I moved the hanging bird feeder, put it on a shepard hook, darn if they didn't get to it this morning. So I went out there and put some oil on the hook, I'll tell you that if I had some black grease I would of put it on there. It was funny watching the squirrel this afternoon, he acted like he wanted to jump from one of the branches he sat there looking at the feeder for the longest time, finally he went to the ground. But he was looking all over the place, he knew the kitten was lurking around somewhere and with every couple steps he would sit up and look around. Finally made it to the shepard hook, but didn't get up very far he kept sliding down. So its a temporary solution.

Ceyenne pepper didn't work

Well the ceyenne pepper didn't discourage the squirrels from hitting the feeders. So I give up, I'm turning the one feeder into a planter, there is no place to move it to that isn't in full sun or in the other family space. It would be a target for balls and bicycles, or the daily activities of the grandkids.
I'm going to try and put a better obstical on the hanging feeder, the one there isn't really working once the wind moves it.
When the grandkids get home from their weekend at grandmothers we will make some pincone feeders, I'll be hanging them along the house the squirrels can't get to them there. They have won one battle but I'm not done.

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

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.

My squirrel problem

Well I found a temporary fix to the squirrels eating all the bird food from the most popular feeder. I took a frisbee and cut a hole in the middle and put on top. So far I haven't seen any of them get past it, but its only been a couple of days. Now they are attacking the other one, jumping from the tree to it, they can't get to the seeds from climbing up the pole. So I will have to move it some where. Finding a spot that isn't close to any trees is going to be fun other than in the middle of the yard, and that is where it would be in the way of our outside time. I will have to try out some places.