Anyone who feeds birds for more than a few days quickly learns an important truth: squirrels are watching. They are watching where you place your feeders, how you refill them, and which seed you choose. They test every baffle, leap, pole, and pulley with patience and creativity that borders on genius. For many bird lovers, this ongoing chess match becomes part of the fun.

Our Book of the Month, Outwitting Squirrels: 101 Cunning Stratagems to Reduce Dramatically the Egregious Misappropriation of Seed from Your Birdfeeder by Squirrels by Bill Adler Jr., embraces that challenge with humor, insight, and a healthy respect for squirrel intelligence.

At its core, Outwitting Squirrels is a celebration of ingenuity, both human and squirrel. The book presents 101 real-world strategies used by bird lovers across the country to reduce seed loss at feeders. Some ideas are practical and straightforward, while others are wildly creative and laugh-out-loud funny.

Each strategy is presented as a short anecdote or case study, making the book easy to read in short bursts. You can flip to any page and find a new idea, a cautionary tale, or a reminder that squirrels rarely give up without a fight.

The tone is lighthearted, but the lessons are genuine. Readers come away with a better understanding of squirrel behavior and a renewed sense of patience when their latest feeder setup is inevitably tested.