I hang a sunflower seed filled feeder on a shepherd's hook, and my squirrels and birds seem to do a reasonable job cooperating with chowing down. The exception is one small red squirrel who shinnies to the top of the shepherd's hook, and just perches there to jump down and terrorize the odd squirrel that gets too greedy. "I'm Batman."
I also have a large population of goldfinches that could not care less that I gave up on nyjer seed years ago; too damned expensive. They contentedly dine on the black oil sunflower seeds.
Where's Punching Bag (formerly Limeaid) been? Usually we have a posting or two from him regarding birds, even in the football off season. ๐ค