On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 10:08:33 +0100, "michael adams"
wrote:

I'm hoping coconuts will give them less scope. Which only really
means that the squirrels will put more effort into chewing through the
mesh of the peanut feeders - hand rolled double thickness - but at
least the smaller birds will have more of a chance.

Have a google for "squirrel deterrent pepper".

Apparently hot peppers such as habanero, scotch bonnet, thai, ... will keep them
away and not affect birds.

Learned paper about grey squirrels:

http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=icwdm_wdmconf proc


Thomas Prufer