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Turns out the Midnight Raids on my bird feeders and suet cages are NOT the work of ONE adult raccoon. She has minions! They're stuck up in the Maple tree for now. This morning I caught them red-handed hanging off the trunk below, feasting on the suet. Now, granted, I am an awesome cook and make a great bear fat suet, but unless you're a Woodpecker, it's off limits! They are SO adorable; too bad they grow up. Brats.


10 posted on 07/25/2020 6:44:23 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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Oh boy, that is Trouble ... capital “T”!!

We had an old, large boar raccoon a couple of years ago, raiding the bird feeders at night. I caught him hanging off of my most expensive one ... he actually bent the metal perches down (fortunately, I was able to bend them mostly back up, enough that the birds can use them).

I ended up taking my bird feeders down every night, loading them into my Gorilla Cart, & putting them in the garage. Every morning, I hauled them back out & put them up. This got ‘old’ fast, but saved my feeders until late spring, when I no longer had the feeders outside. No idea what happened to that old boar (he also raided our trash cans, but I was able to stop that with bungi cords/rope aka “Ricky Wraps) - saw a mom raccoon with about 3 babies last year so somebody is “romancing” the ladies! No issues with raccoons messing anything up since the old guy.


17 posted on 07/25/2020 7:47:36 AM PDT by Qiviut ("I have never wished death upon a man, but I have read many obituaries with pleasure" Mark Twain)
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