My squirrel baffle plan totally backfired yesterday morning

I put up a new pole system with a big plastic dome to keep them off the feeders. Woke up to find a gray squirrel had jumped from our oak tree, landed right on top of the dome, and was hanging upside down to eat. It happened around 7 AM. I had to go out and move the whole setup 10 feet further from any branches. Has anyone else had a squirrel pull a mission impossible move like that? What did you try next?

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rayy836mo ago

Wow, they're basically tiny ninjas.

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amymason6mo ago

Totally get that, @rayy83. Used to think they were just clumsy, but seeing them sneak around like that totally changed my mind.

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hill.jade3mo ago

That squirrel sounds like it was determined, gotta give them credit for creativity. My neighbor had a similar situation where a squirrel figured out how to launch itself from a gutter downspout onto a feeder. He eventually gave up and just started putting out a separate tray of peanuts on the ground for them, figuring it was easier than fighting it. Sometimes you just have to accept you're running a free all you can eat buffet for the local wildlife. They're basically furry little engineers with way too much time on their hands.

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