Maybe sometime you can show a photo of your squirrel proofed trap?
Here you go. Nothing fancy, but it does work. 7 HOSPs in trap so far today (as well as a Junco that I got out early this morning…).
I have the trap set on a garbage can near where they tend to sit during parts the day waiting to fly up to my feeder.
The second pic, the trap is turned 90 degrees. I use an old piece of plywood for the bottom.
Chris
Toledo, Ohio