Well, our two resident squirrels don't like the new metal feeder openings I fabricated for the rebuilt feeder. After 1 day, they chewed partway throug h the hot glue I had used to hold the feeder tubes in place, and bent some of the heavy metal the tubes were made of. The bent metal did not give them better access to the food itself. Now,after a day,they seem to have given up on getting food from the feeder itself and are scrounging food from the grass below.
We'll see what happens next!!!