Squirrel vs. Bird Feeder Designer

Those of you with bird feeders know that the feeders attract unwanted squirrels, as well as birds.

Here's Hammacher-Schlemmer's entry into the never-ending battle between squirrel and bird feeder designer.

Automatic Squirrel-Ejecting Bird Feeder:
http://www.hammacher.com/publish/73087.asp?promo=xsells#

Here's how it works: Small birds can perch on the feeder, but when a heavy squirrel lands on the perch, the feeder rotates to toss him off.

(My father-in-law says the squirrel ultimately wins. You spend 20 minutes constructing a gizmo to prevent him from getting to the food; he spends 20 hours trying out ways to defeat it.)