Abstract: A solar powered squirrel proof bird feeder delivers a mild shock to a squirrel without delivering a shock to a bird using the feeder. Two copper tubes extending adjacent a feed tray provide a perch for birds. However, a squirrel would normally come into contact with both of the spaced apart tubes, and since a potential difference is established between the two copper tubes, a squirrel will be shocked. A solar panel and a battery are employed to charge a capacitor which establishes the voltage difference. A roof of the bird feeder is also charged relative to one of the tubes. Even if a bird were to come into contact with electrically conductive surfaces at different potential, the relatively low moisture content of a bird will prevent a circuit from being completed, thus preventing the birds from being shocked.