How do you keep squirrels from climbing up your bird feeder and eating all of the bird food.?

I have liberallly applied shortening to make slippery, but it does not stop them.How do you keep squirrels from climbing up your bird feeder and eating all of the bird food.?
There are collars that you can buy and attach to your feeder pole. However, if you are near a tree, the squirrel will just jump from a limb and continue to help himself. The only real way to stop them and save your bird feed for the birds is to buy a squirrel-proof bird feeder. Havahart makes several. I have included a link to their site. I know that Lowe's carries at least one type. I bought one for my brother-in-law. It really works.





http://www.havahart.com/bird/_old_bird/s鈥?/a>How do you keep squirrels from climbing up your bird feeder and eating all of the bird food.?
You can use a 2 foot piece of 6'; PVC pipe. Center it on the pole holding the feeder and just below the feeder. You can get ready made versions of this item at places like Wildbirds Unlimited or other places that sell bird feeders. They are called cylinder baffles.
Hide the ladder....? ha..ha..ha..ha...ho..ho..never mind.
try putting a sheet of plastic wrapped around the pole to the feeder, they can't get past the slick surface.
Play a loop tape of a eminem song that'll keep em away
dont know what theyre called... but its a big funnel on the pole, big side down, they cant get around it. check home and garden store.
If its a red Squirrel then leave it alone a let it share the food with the birds.if its grey, then shoot the little f***ker!
I have been very successful from keeping three rambunctious squirrels that live in my yard from raiding my bird feeders by adding cayenne pepper to the seed. It doesn't bother the birds but the squirrels hate it.