Squirrel-proof Bird Feeder

This is my take on the squirrel-proof bird feeder. Does it work? Unhuha.
Want the Update?
• Squirrel-Proof Bird Fe...

[@deltabloo]

The best and most squirrel proof feeder I ever saw was in a local guys backyard. He used an aluminum streetlight pole about 15 feet high. At the top there were 4 cross arms that 4 bird feeders hung off of. They were on pulleys and could easily be lowered for refilling. It was out of reach from any trees to jump onto , and being smooth aluminum, the squirrels and bears could not climb it .

[@thomask4836]

My wife and I watched this and absolutely LOVED your video. Thanks so much for putting the time into making this and sharing your invention!

[@dork3nergy]

Awesome! Thanks for tuning in ^_^d

[@sandramajowicz5844]

OMG! I am laughing so hard! My husband wonders what I'm looking at. Too hard to describe, will have to show him! You are persistent!!

[@emkay888]

I’m currently at war with a relentless squirrel. Your verbal expression & tenacity remind me of me. I could buy a baffle on amazon but I just know that little fucker will get around it. I have a dog who’s favorite past time is sitting at the back door watching for the squirrel so he can come get me to let him out & he can take off like a bullet (although he’ll never catch him he’s still proud of himself). I’m rigging up a contraption right now & had KZbin on autoplay. I don’t want to spend any money (asshole’s cost me enough in bird seed) so I’m forced to get pretty creative. I’ve never wanted to beat an opponent so badly. God as my witness I REFUSE to be outwitted by a squirrel!

[@suni2421]

Roflmao, I feel ya!!

[@The195169]

Loved the end with the sparrow liking the roof over it's head during the hail storm. As far as the squirrel proof feeder, good job.

[@cet6237]

Love hearing you talk your way through the creative process.

[@keithroberts5611]

The level of ingenuity is quite overwhelming for a back yard inventor i take my hat off to you sir bloody marvellous, If i lived in travelling distance from you i would definitely commission you to build one for me regardless of price!! If this product would ever go into production world wide it would be an overnight success!! Thankyou so much for sharing here from the uk!!!🇬🇧😃👍

[@donnaleighjenkins4952]

Oh my...you were so funny and I LOVE the feeder!! This was great to watch. Do a update video, if they even come around anymore. Brilliant idea!!! Thanks for posting, it was great to watch!!

[@dork3nergy]

Update coming soon. Glad you liked it.

[@mikesr3011]

You made my day! Love your ingenuity.and your a comedian too! That last bird in the hail storm was one lucky pecker, under a big umbrella and a "party platter" full of food. Not a bad way to wait out the storm. Glass nut sack? Handle with care.

[@dork3nergy]

Thanks!

[@dianelahaie8107]

Best I've seen just for the pure enjoyment of you putting so many things into this. Laughed 😅 my butt off. And it worked. Brovo

[@livisunshine3700]

Bravo!

[@rickjackson3414]

I think they should offer classes at local colleges…..degree in squirrel dispatching. Many guys have spent lot of energy and time on how to not feed a squirrel! I love it !

[@kishka7]

One of the BEST squirrel foilers EVER!!

[@ellendubiel4224]

I tried not to laugh while my husband is sleeping. You are so funny. I loved the narrative.

[@dork3nergy]

Cool. Thanks!

[@sharrell5185]

This is one of the funniest I have seen. I just came across your video when I was looking for a squirrel spinner and had to watch this. I laughed so hard at the very first project when he tried to get back up the pole and got stuck that was hilarious. I also love the bird party platter that had me giggling as well. I enjoyed this so much I had to save it so I can watch it over and over. Thank you

[@dork3nergy]

Wow! Thanks. Glad you loved it.

[@I_Palaver]

That dang pole and pulley contraption, def Jeff Foxworthy worthy!😂 Yeah? Love it!

[@jcking6785]

Just the visual portion of this video is enough to make me laugh but your narrative had me in stitches! I’m jealous of your shop and your know how as well as your ingenuity. You obviously have tons of time on your hands and I loved it that you used it to thwart the effing squirrels!

[@dovie2blue]

Love the wee little birdie at the end taking shelter from the storm.

[@jtc1947]

@ dovie...Yes...The bird was waiting it out!

[@GarretLarson]

I have a squirrel problems too right now with my feeders and been trying different things and those little f****** can jump pretty far. Haven't laughed so hard at a squirrel video since this one. Great job

[@marathongman9281]

Great idea and funny. I stretched a strand of #12 gauge electrical wire between 2 clothesline poles and hang everything on that. Suet cages birdfeeders, seed bells. One made it to the middle but did not last long. Another went about 3 feet and turned back. I used turnbuckles on eather end so I can loosen or tighten the wire. A little loose might be needed to make it more wobbly. I think putting springs on either end could make things interesting.

[@dork3nergy]

That's funny. Good idea.

[@tracyfox466]

OMG!! I swear I haven’t had this good of a laugh in I can’t remember when!!😂🤣 I have a squirrel cult in my backyard that is doing the same thing and like most people who have commented here was also looking for an ingenious idea for how to keep them off the bird feeders when I came across yours. I absolutely loved this as this was definitely a clever idea!Watching you trying to figure everything out and go through the whole process was super interesting and so entertaining!😉👍🏻 Not only that but I think you’ve missed your calling as a movie maker/movie narrator!😍 This was absolutely hilarious and it got better and better as it went on. I especially liked how you went from “I like squirrels as I used to have a pet squirrel named Melvin” to “The little Fu&kers!”😂🤣 Please make more of these videos as this was really awesome!! I’m still laughing as I’m writing this!!❤️😂🤣

[@sherrykendrick1765]

Not only do I want them off my feeders, I want then gone from my yard, flower garden which they are digging up my bulbs and burying acorns in it. They get on my porch and get in my vegetable garden and eat. I want them dead. They are leaving fleas on my patio furniture also.

[@judycounts1340]

Sherry, a pellet gun works great.

[@IEchuckie]

I have the 100 percent squirrel deterrent. A BB gun. Works every time

[@catman19]

@@sherrykendrick1765 are you saying you dont like squirrels?

[@charlieanderson531]

All around great viewing for anyone liking creativity, humor. 👍

[@pattic8473]

I've discovered the best comedy on KZbin are guys trying to make squirrel-proof bird feeders, especially this guy. He actually should make a patented version of this contraption and sell it because nothing on the markets seem to work.

[@claudiafuentes1468]

This is the best DIY video I ever seen in all the time I have watched utube 😂😂😂. Thanks for making me laugh. Thanks for your projects

[@dnomyarnostaw]

I think the Medal for the most complex and expensive Squirrel Tormenter should be in the next Olympics

[@maurlenemills2696]

If they haven’t figured out how to get to the nuts in a month or two, I’d love to buy one or two😊Great work!

[@dork3nergy]

I can say that the squirrels have given up trying to get into the feeder. I'm hoping the young ones will show renewed interest.

[@kd5txo]

@@dork3nergy i hope they never figure out that there is a way to defeat your contraption: by grabbing the counterweight wire and swinging onto the platter.......let's hope they stay resigned to failure and don't evolve a larger brain. PS: it's a very clever design!

[@frankyg2384]

@@kd5txo Or that with 2 squirrels, one sits on the counterweight while the other gets the food.

[@williamburgess4732]

I modified my bird feeder about 30 years ago, quite simple, no squirrels are heart and they don't fall, the entertaining little animals no longer are able to get seed from the feeder, but the birds get all they want,I tried to patent it but the patent was very expensive so I just decided to keep the feeder in my own garden, willing to sell my idea to a genuine buyer, might save you going nuts.

[@oldwobble916]

A really funny and enjoyable video. I thought I was a tinkerer and collector of unused bits and pieces, but you are the champion.

[@pisces363]

It’s easier to get an air rifle, but; your ingenuity is brilliant!

[@debramiller3548]

Chipmunks 🐿️ 🐿️ we’re my bird feeder nemesis. 😡. I became a pellet pistol sharpshooter 😁 The grease didn’t work.. no birds were killed….I love your ingenuity and watching you create..✌🏼

[@mikehouser7587]

Great video and an even better PSA on creative thinking and problem solving which is what our countries young people need training and experience with. Squirrels are very adept at creating solutions. I too have tinkered with the mechanical solution with some success however I did not anticipate their psych-ops capabilities... Now that they have been mechanically defeated they come to our picture window that we watch from, knock/pound on the glass to get our attention, hold their hands in prayer mimicking our prayer angels on the window sill and sit there until we are guilted into tossing them a nut... I tossed in the towel and pick up some nuts when buying bird feed. We get to enjoy the birds and so be it for having to pay off the little rats extortion fee. It’s the critical path of least resistance to support the birds when we have a foot of snow on the ground in Nebraska.. Looks like a great shop and would like to see more of your clever and real life engineering solutions. Thumbs up and subscribed!

[@dork3nergy]

"rat extortion fee" Heheh. That's funny. Thanks for subscribing.

[@jshepard5840]

I don't know how you don't have more subscribers, you're hilarious! One thing of note here though: Cost of materials for this build including tools and time: $1,000,000 Cost of enough bird seed to feed every bird and squirrel in Canada: $10 I only put the cost of materials so high because I'm assuming that AL OOH MINI UM is some kind of rare alloy that doesn't exist anywhere but in your workshop, and that must make it expensive.

[@dork3nergy]

Hahaha...Nice!

[@donnanewmeyer7951]

LOL - al oom mini um aka as a loom i num

[@tinydancer7426]

Yeah. right up there with adamantine steel.

[@guinness77100]

One of the best designs I've seen. Cep't for may be Squirrel-a-pult.

[@dork3nergy]

Thanks! Now if I could only figure out why I'm craving a stout.

[@catgal1102]

First time viewer of your channel, and you are HILARIOUS, sir! Thanks for all the laughs I had while watching you create this amazing device! 😂

[@Penn_chill]

😂👏🥂Funniest ‘Defeat The Squirrel Wars’ video I’ve ever seen -and I’ve watched plenty. Thank you!

[@Bear-Ur2ez]

This has been very entertaining. And apparently for the time being at least. It looks like you gave out smarted the pesty squirrels from the bird feeder . Great job , imagination and ingenuity .

[@dork3nergy]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@doloresedwards1943]

Your genius idea should be patented. We have The Squirrel A-Team in our courtyard as well.

[@bdevenyn]

This is a great video. Useful AND funny. BTW, this is exactly how I work in my shop - trial and error. Thanks for posting

[@Drpila80]

Love the sense of humor and reality of our struggle. We laugh and learned a lot....

[@MainelyButch]

This was the best thing I watched all day! YOU are #1, quite the engineer! #2, very entertaining #3, funny as fuck! Thanks for the laughs and the ideas!

[@geoffoutdoors]

Thoroughly enjoyed this haha. I had a similar project years ago but ultimately went with a squirrel baffle. Pesky squirrels are acrobats of the woods for sure!

[@anndaniels3545]

Hey Sir..metal or plastic baffle, and how much?

[@geoffoutdoors]

@@anndaniels3545 ...metal... $26 from Menards.

[@anndaniels3545]

@@geoffoutdoors thank you very much 🐦!

[@ronfullerton3162]

@@geoffoutdoors Menards also has a plastic squirrel baffle that works for just over $10.00. You need about five foot of plastic pipe with the baffle on top, then finish off with a feeder. Also put some peanuts and sunflower seed a ways off from the feeder.takes their minds off of it enough to lower the percentage of their victory.

[@hannahbanana570]

Hold on I think I just saw a squirrel go by my window. Those dang critters are taking the bird seed!

[@I_Palaver]

I'm in hysterics!! 🤣😂😅 Watching and listening to all your puttering through this video has had me in tears and fighting for air! LMHO!! I could watch that squirrel with the lid all day!!! Hahaha!! And the eye of the squirrel with the background sounds! My aching sides!!! 🤣

[@curban616]

My husband and I just watched this video and laughed the whole time! We are going through the same thing with our squirrel and feeders! Great job!

[@mark109s]

I fixed my squirrel problem and my birds get all the food. I got me a gamo air rifle. Love your video.

[@Bob_Adkins]

Squirrels are such comical animals that the fun deterrent was fitting. Good job, good editing... you have the fun approach to problems like TOT, and the potty mouth of AvE.

[@dork3nergy]

Thanks! Much appreciated.

[@stevezaranec8966]

Thanks man! Watched it twice...completely hilarious both in the thought/build and squirrel vids. Only thing I could even possibly add, is replace the plastic tub with a metal round oil drain pan. Sooner or later these guys will chew a hole through the upper corner of the plastic cover and it'll be party on time. Other than that Great Job Bro! Laughed my butt off!

[@gingerkittiesfour]

Just put a tube or pvc pipe over the pole so it spins when the squirrels climb on it.

[@maryblaufuss7533]

Sweet little birb at the end of video: "Oooo, the sky is falling! Wisht there was a perch up there in that dome so I could hide in there!"

[@jewelarender2451]

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your storage cabinet!!! Loved the video!

[@dork3nergy]

It's a beauty, I agree ^_^

[@robertschworm6036]

Hi there. While I love the yankee engineering, I cam up with a much simpler system and have not had a squirrel in it for over 10 years. Step 1 - A fird feeder with a wood base 1.5 inches square. Next on the underside of this base, bolt thru a pipe flange across the cross center of the base. Next - from the home center, get a 4 foot diameter green plastic sewer pipe. Fasten on one end the end cap for this pipe. Drill a hole thru this end cap the diameter of the pipe. Next - drill 4 small holes at the either end of this pipe with about 5 inches of small chain, thru it with S hooks. Next, hang the chain with S hooks thru the undreside of the base, in 3 points, around the center of the pipe and down about 4 inches and attach to the pipe. The sewer pipe must be 4 inches so an adult squirrel can not get its paws around it and grip it. Finally, place the pipe and feeder in your lawn at least 10-12 feet from the nearest fixed object so squirrles can not make this leap to the feeder. This is 100% squirrel proof. Option 2 - purchase a Squirrel Buster Plus as seen on youtube. Next project for you - a Squirrel Under Glass feeder with a built in seed recovery hopper. Enjoy. Bob S

[@dork3nergy]

You need to make a video my friend.

[@stevemick6569]

Never fully realized how obsessed with squirrels some people are. This guys running commentary is hilarious.

[@e815usa]

We need an update, please! Nice work!

[@franks6857]

This was more than extremly satisfing! Well done!

[@reneehughes7860]

I really loved your video. You remind me so much of my husband. Same ingenuity and sense of humor. Had me laughing.

[@claudiafuentes1468]

Love your workshop area you have all kinds of Machines and tools 😂

[@AlainCh2.]

No squirrel here... Susa Valley, Italy ... but to much wind to have that kind of feeder. Last time mine lasted 3 days and one hour of wind. Lost 3 roof tiles as well!!! Thanks for the fun! I really appreciate the way you share what you do. I'll get inspired!!

[@gwarlow]

3:02 Perfect description of squirrels devouring bird seed. Too funny. Cheers.

[@sherreeroper7656]

A rubber O ring could've worked too... you know how many bird feeder manufactures have made " squirrel proof" bird feeders? You did a good job..hurry and patent it.

[@SandraJB321]

I found this entertaining and informative. You are very inventive! I am looking for the update you mentioned in this video. Did you ever make one?

[@dork3nergy]

There is an update!

[@michaeldavidson2765]

Very well done ! Thanks for posting this clever device

[@ilickcarpet]

My favorite part was where he was so happy & clever about the little jar of balls as a counterweight...but then it fell and shattered and he laughed it off. 🤣🤣

[@Zif-the-Old-Herring]

Always enjoy tinkerers at work. My Dad was a tinkerer.

[@mddell58]

Oh! I love that invention of yours! I get so tired of watching good men lose their minds while building so many different types of bird feeders where zero squirrels are able to eat from it. Sigh. Yours even allows birds to have a reprieve from the rain! ❤

[@lschenkelberg873]

Hysterical video! I also call the squirrels “little fuckers” I’m pretty sure that they laugh at me, and continue on. I still think that they are cute, as they eat all of the bird food. My squirrels typically eat through plastic, destroying the feeders. I wish you luck with your inventions!

[@rogerdudra178]

It's looking like a fair fight with a squirrel.

[@melissahardy2543]

Great idea and thank you so much for the laughs. I can’t wait to share this video 😂

[@alexkennedy7574]

Man you make me laugh so hard my wife came downstairs and was wondering what the #$% is going on.Needless to say that I have exactly the same problem with those little fuk%$#s.God bless you my friend. Keep up the good work.

[@lyndarocha8846]

You are overthinking this. Just get a squirrel-proof feeder. But this was funny as hell. Thank you.

[@bernieyorke6356]

I bought a “squirrel proof” feeder but the red squirrels are too light and didn’t tip the loser. So I tied Ishiguro sinkers to the perch, which worked to a point. Then they figured out how to push the roof off and got INSIDE the feeder, so I tied a wire around it. They chewed through the wire. So I put a webbed belt around it. They chewed that off even quicker. Now I have a brass chain wired around it and fishing sinkers hanging from the perch, and a baffle on the pole. Think I finally frustrated the little effers.

[@mikedunn7795]

The lid works as protection from hail as well! Bravo!

[@49richard]

Great show! Thanks for the fun !

[@guydwelly]

Brilliant update! Many thanks

[@jtc1947]

GREAT VID! When's the follow up! The attempts were hilarious! MORE! MORE!

[@dork3nergy]

Well, the current crop of squirrels have mostly given up on trying to get into the feeder. I might need to wait for the next generation to see what the come up with.

[@jtc1947]

@@dork3nergy Loved the frustrated attempts by the tree rats! Hope MORE FUN in store!

[@anndaniels3545]

Me too PLEASE 🐦

[@conniewojahn6445]

Hilarious! I'm guessing they'll figure out to jump from the pole to the party platter. Darn, have to wait for part II to find out.

[@commonsense246]

You've gotta produce this and patent it! I want one.

[@bethkissel9159]

This guy is a genius…..creative ideas are incredible. He as to have an engineering background. This was very funny….he’s giving me ideas !

[@dork3nergy]

No engineering background which means if I can do it, anyone can. Thanks for watching.

[@Jonsson474]

Figuring out the idea and then building it is always the fun part.

[@dianedugas9505]

Good job! Now come and fix my problem with 3 squirrels!

[@ted3bare]

LMFAO, very entertaining video, you and the squirrels 🤣

[@johnnycollins1476]

A simpler solution is a #110 Conibear (with a peanut butter cup attached to the activator) placed at the approach to the pole. Squirrels will lose interest in your party tray and end up in your crock pot. You get the added pleasure of snacking on the delectable “Chicken of the Trees” while bird watching.

[@suni2421]

Sounds funny, but what is a conibear?

[@nancyourricariet3418]

Fabulous! Hail proof for the birds, as well! You are the Mark Roper of Canada!

[@j.hofmann6733]

Easiest way to squirrel proof your bird feeder is to purchase a length of PVC pipe that will slip over the angled pipe. Cut the PVC into 4" segments. Put these on the pipe and watch the critter try to navigate these obstacles .

[@rogerdudra178]

Greetings from the BIG SKY. I have found very intelligent squirrels up here.

[@victoriag1049]

Love this video and how you refer to those buggers when they get on the feeder, :)

[@thenolans7146]

Great job , may be a little lower on the lid so rain won't spoil seeds, great job, but now my wife wants me to make one,

[@dork3nergy]

Thanks. I agree about the lid, it could be a bit lower.

[@USNVA11]

This was ingeniously hilarious ! 👏🏼😆

[@caricegravot2388]

I love your video! Squirrels are very smart! And funny when we out smart them! Lol

[@TimTim3000]

You had me at "nuts will be crushed".

[@tsbrownie]

So many electrical components, but no electricity? I'm thinking cattle fence charger on the metal pole (use fishing line to support the feeder).

[@mcnorcan]

Well done. Thanks for the laughs.

[@urbanbeachbum2148]

At 17:24.... I’m imagining a squirrel riding down the lid to trap the birds eating his food. An emergency escape hatch?

[@vilstef6988]

Steve Rogers Squirrel Hunter: I could do this all day!

[@strawbrryfld1]

Oh he’s DEFINITELY thinking about it ! Oh yes he is !😂 And YES THAT tail wag is a very angry one !

[@marywrigjt7614]

I love it. I watched from start t finish.!!👍👍

[@JoseMolina-ij3xx]

I actually have serious issues keeping squirrels out of orange trees. They take a bite out of the oranges, when my cats are not out. I really don't think squirrels are even remotely cute. I actually smile when I see my cat catch a squirrel. But don't use cats to catch squirrels, if you have a bird feeder. However, you could use what I use to keep cats out of certain areas. Just spike the pole with a lot of sharp thorns and nails and needles.

[@lelandcox4089]

I had a similar arrangement but when thr squirl jumped on the top it would cause the lid to go down so fast the cable jumped the pully and got between the pully and sheave and it would jam. I cut a small piece of polly and wedged it aboue the pully and there was no room for the wire to get out of the pully groove. Squirls are amazing how smart they are!

[@dork3nergy]

Let's be glad they can't transfer information to the next generation.

[@abnrgr7569]

I swear they see birds 🐦enjoying food and it triggers them. They can't stand to see birds eating no struggle 😂🤣😅🤗🤗. More girth on the pole so they can't get their arms around helps too.

[@PenelopePitstop069]

Lol great invention I ever seen. Best one so far. Yes, do let us know when they figure it out.

[@dork3nergy]

As of today we're still golden.

[@cathyritter8445]

Brilliant design.

[@Lou-hv6js]

Hilarious 😂! Bravo 👏🏽

[@feliciajones3394]

I can't believe I gave up Facebook to watch how to defeat a squirrel from getting into the bird feeder I have been laughing all night