Figured out what was raiding the bird feeder
I thought something was shaking the pole and getting the bottom (seed container) to detach from the top. But then yesterday morning the connecting eye was pulled out of the top. I had a loop of twine keeping it from falling all the way, preserving some seed.
Last night I stayed up to take care of the cause of the problem. Left the yard lights on. He won’t be back, but not sure how many others he taught the technique to!
Will have to give it a few days to see.
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Yup, the .17 does a nice job.
There was a nicer looking one there prior that I watched for 10 minutes. It was just cleaning up the ground, so let it go as I wanted to see the actual raid.
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We have these metal cone things on our bird feeder poles. For a year or 2 we were bringing the bird feeders every night - which was a pain. The cones have done a great job of keeping racoons off of the feeders. No longer bring them in at night.
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Corn Monkeys!!!! 3 -
One year they totally trashed our garden in one night. Got a Hav-a-Hart trap, baited with grapes. Trapped 16 of them in one month. 0 -
I used to have a doe raiding my feeders, she would butt it with her head. Then eat seeds off the ground, the butt it again. It was fun watching her in the moon light five feet away, I stood by the window. She would do it about 5 times then go see if the squirrels had dropped any corn from their feeder. 0 -
I have always dropped a pile of sunflower seeds on the ground under the feeders for the Mourning Doves to eat, as they never seemed to eat from a feeder. They sure do a good job cleaning it up! 0 -
Where did you find those cones? I've been thing about building such for my Deer feeder legs.drobs said:We have these metal cone things on our bird feeder poles. For a year or 2 we were bringing the bird feeders every night - which was a pain. The cones have done a great job of keeping racoons off of the feeders. No longer bring them in at night.
I've installed nail plates (made for making wood trusses) (looks like minature sharks teeth) onto the legs which helps but a hungry coon will still get up to the varmits gurads sometimes. Bottom of the feeders are about 5 1/2 ft high. The cones just above the sharks teeth would help.
I first greased the legs with vaseline and watched the coons and squirrels try to climb. Coons do not give up easily. They sure have a funny look on their face as the slowly slide down the pole.
Coons are really thick in this area since fur prices are low, due to PETA lovers and tree huggers and a hungry coon is all time thinking about how to get a free meal.0 -
Okie said:
Where did you find those cones? I've been thing about building such for my Deer feeder legs.drobs said:We have these metal cone things on our bird feeder poles. For a year or 2 we were bringing the bird feeders every night - which was a pain. The cones have done a great job of keeping racoons off of the feeders. No longer bring them in at night.
I've installed nail plates (made for making wood trusses) (looks like minature sharks teeth) onto the legs which helps but a hungry * will still get up to the varmits gurads sometimes. Bottom of the feeders are about 5 1/2 ft high. The cones just above the sharks teeth would help.
I first greased the legs with vaseline and watched the * and squirrels try to climb. * do not give up easily. They sure have a funny look on their face as the slowly slide down the pole.
* are really thick in this area since fur prices are low, due to PETA lovers and tree huggers and a hungry * is all time thinking about how to get a free meal.
Pretty sure this is the ones we have:
A smart Racoon will pull the end of the cone down and grab pole above it.
Those ones get shot when seen.
Had big one out there the other night that was eating the scraps on the ground. Left him alone.
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