Baffle 2.0

So we had the pathetic yellow twine and plate baffle. By watching the squirrels, we determined that we needed to secure the plate. Whenever the plate laid flat against the rope, the squirrels would happily run down to the feeder. So we took an old orange plastic ball and attached it to the underside of the plate. With brown duct tape. Very attractive. To further complicate the matter, we sprayed the entire structure with Pam cooking spray. Now we had a yellow twine rope with a yellow plate, orange ball, and brown tape wrapped around the whole thing, hanging in our backyard. Combined with our improvised birdbath (metal plant stand with cheap plastic tray on top) the yard was looking quite white trash...