Must have been a small squirrel. We have the small red squirrel who doesn’t bother the feeder and the larger fox squirrel which we have in abundance. They are like feral hogs. They clean up the seeds the other birds drop and so do the turkeys and occasional deer. Feeder is only about 8 feet from the house.
Gotta love waking up at 3 AM seeing deer eyes under the bird feeder.Waving your hands don’t work because they walk up to the picture window thinking you are throwing food.
Ours was large, and rectangular. This was about 20 years ago, and I can’t find a pic of it now. But the squirrels around here are the fluffy Eastern Gray ones.
We’re up very high now, and aren’t bothered with squirrels; we feed the birds on the ground, on the balcony. But I like the way the ‘Yankee Flipper’ works, and will remember it :-)
We’re late putting out our hummer feeder. Usually goes up on tax day - the hummingbirds in our area are here from about April 15 to Sept. 15. We get a lot of action from those pugnacious fellows...
JT