If I were on a desert island by myself, and a squirrel showed up, I’d say, cool, squirrel! Let’s hang out. If I were my dad, I’d put duct tape on the bird feeder poles to make it easier for squirrels to get into the bird seed. But I’m not on a desert island, and I’m not my dad, at least not on that one. He passed on many values to me but not squirrel enabling. It may be because we have a western screech-owl box in our yard, in which we want western screech-owls. Keeping bushy-tailed tree-rats out of our owl box is a nearly full-time job. Color me grumpy.