Squirrel Proof Bird Feeder

It can be very frustrating to put out some bird feeders for the first time and out of the blue a squirrel or two turns up on your nice new garden bird feeders. In recent years the range of squirrel proof bird feeders has grown giving a much greater choice. There are basically three types of squirrel proof feeder:

a. The all in one squirrel proof bird feeder which comes as one unit with the feeder in the middle and a cage around it which attempts to keep the squirrels off the food.

b. The two part squirrel proof feeder which consists of the central bird feeder which you may have purchased previously. Then with a squirrel problem you can buy a cage, sometimes referred to as a guardian, that is adapted to fit of your feeder to make a squirrel proof bird feeder.

c. An inventive design of an all in one feeder that has a built in mechanism that closes the feeding ports down when a squirrel lands on the feeder. It is the heavy weight of the squirrel that shuts the ports up, thus making it possibly one of the best squirrel proof bird feeders. But probably the most expensive type of feeder. The Squirrel Mini Buster is an example of this type of feeder.