Bought two new bird feeders, filled them fully, and for several days the birds ate well. This morning I looked outside, and both feeders were completely empty. I saw a frog in the swimming pool, so I went to rescue it.
I found footprints all over the deck floor and a pile of pooh.
The raccoon has found the new feeders, and he ate so much that he could not hold it.
Raccoons are worse than squirrels.
I found footprints all over the deck floor and a pile of pooh.
The raccoon has found the new feeders, and he ate so much that he could not hold it.
Raccoons are worse than squirrels.
Before we removed the cover from our swimming pool, two squirrels chewed a couple of small holes in the top of the cover. After chewing holes in the cover, they would jump up and down, letting water through so they could get a drink.
All winter, the water level was too low for them to do that, but we had been filling the pool with water, getting it ready to open for the summer.
We already had problems with a raccoon that got under the belly of our RV. Hubby had left the propane tank cover off, and the raccoon had crawled inside the belly of our RV.
Well, Hubby fixed the problem with the raccoon, and we thought he had gone until I bought the first bird feeder.
One night, I looked out the window, and the raccoon was standing on its hind legs, eating the birdseed.
I moved the feeder under the motion-sensor light, hoping it would scare the raccoon off.
Well, I had not seen the raccoon until last night when he left me proof of a pile of pooh and muddy footprints all over the deck floor.
One night, I looked out the window, and the raccoon was standing on its hind legs, eating the birdseed.
I moved the feeder under the motion-sensor light, hoping it would scare the raccoon off.
Well, I had not seen the raccoon until last night when he left me proof of a pile of pooh and muddy footprints all over the deck floor.
I love critters, but I wish he would stay off my deck.
Last year, we had to fish a baby raccoon out of our swimming pool.
I will have to move the bird feeders off the deck.
Last year, we had to fish a baby raccoon out of our swimming pool.
I will have to move the bird feeders off the deck.
I have a pair of red birds, a pair of bluebirds, a pair of finches, and many other small birds I love to feed.
Raccoons and squirrels eat too much; they can go through a bag of bird feed in just a few days. They need to get out and hunt for their own food, not be served like kings, and leave a present behind for me to clean up.
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| Caught the raccoon with his hands in the bird feeder |
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| Caught the raccoon with his hands in the bird feeder |
