The squirrel dug to the right of the hole I filled with wire and pepper flakes yesterday.
I folded two pieces of poultry netting, then manipulated them into a ball.
The balls of poultry netting were crammed into the large hole and the smaller hole to the back.
I emptied the contents of a container of red pepper flakes into the hole.
Placed a piece of poultry netting over the hole. Covered the area with soil.
Now, my hope is the squirrel will go live some place else. There are fields and a small mountain at the end of the street.
To the right of the service road there is a mountain and a large field that often has cattle grazing.
There are loads of rocky areas that would make a lovely home and protection from predators.
What a nice little succulent!
I was surprised to see water still flowing from the mountain.
There are plenty of places, not in my courtyard, that would make a delightful home for a ground squirrel.
Update: Not even an hour after I published this post there was a thump on the door. The squirrel jumped from one of my potted tomatoes and hit the door. When I checked the courtyard I found that it dug a hole on the opposite of the tree.
Preparing to fill the new squirrel hole with poultry netting.