As if the ravenous squirrels weren't enough, now we have a Northern Mockingbird that is scaring all my other songbirds away from the feeders:

And THEN, eating all the food the squirrel leaves behind....

Whew!  He even kind of scares ME a little bit.  I walk right up to the window and he stands his ground (or perches his branch...whatever).  The little chickadees and titmice and cardinals and wrens make themselves scarce when this big brute is around.  So I can protect my kids from bullies by homeschooling, but the songbirds are on their own!