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Bird-loving Americans share a common problem squirrels These fast greedy incredibly crafty fluffy-tailed rodents pillage birdfeeders before owners very eyes For years Outwitting Squirrels has been leading the charge to help bird lovers defend their feeders This classic defense manual for the besieged birder has been fully updated to deal with the more tech-savvy twenty-first-century squirrel It provides cunning strategies both serious and hilarious for outsmarting these furry but not so cute creatures Adler discusses the different bird personalities and the best seed to attract them He rates birdfeeders based upon how squirrel-proof or squirrel-vexing they are and discusses creative antisquirrel structures and devices Spooker poles Perrier bottles baffled fishing line Teflon spray Vaseline water bombs cayenne pepper and Nixalite-the author has tried them all and here he regales intrepid bird feeders with his squirrel-thwarting adventures and misadventures.