How to detect/discourage squirrels from a bird feeder?
Solutions
- Buy bird seed covered with hot peppers (some say this has very little impact)
- Use a Grid Eye (8×8 thermal imager) to detect squirrel
- Spinning feeder (like this)
- Cantilevered cover for feeder activated by weight of squirrel
- Electric shock of various types
- squirt water once you detect squirrel
- Weight based lever for detection
- Compressed air valve from January POTM to “puff” the squirrel