He climbed up the narrow metal pole with no trouble and first of all made for the fat filled half-coconut shell. I was on the phone to a friend at the time and was describing the scene to her. She told me to put the phone down and get photos for her, which I did. By this time he had given up on the fat and was raiding the sunflower seeds quite successfully by hanging upside down.
The plastic lid recently fell off, due to pigeons standing on it to feed on the seed that drops onto it from the niger and sunflower seed feeders. The only way I've found to attach it is with brown parcel tape, not very pretty and far from permanent, but effective!
A squirrel has, in the past, jumped onto the top of the pole from the slate slab which stands upright nearby, so I may not have spoiled his fun.
