Masked raider
Jul 18, 2022 20:47:18 #
This little bandit has been emptying my hummingbird feeders at night, so I started taking inside the ones he could reach. So now he comes in the middle of the afternoon. He tips them over, lets the sugary water fall to the floor of the deck, then he goes down and licks it up. Today, I caught him in the act. This one is just prior to his climbing up to the deck railing.
Jul 18, 2022 20:49:55 #
Jul 18, 2022 21:13:43 #
Cute little guy!! Have you considered putting out a pan of water that he can get to? Maybe he is having a hard time finding water.
Dodie
Dodie
Jul 18, 2022 21:27:45 #
excellent picture of a bandit - You do NOT want to make these critters feel welcomed in any way. They can make a bigger mess and do more damage than squirrels. Do anything you have to , to get rid of them.
Jul 18, 2022 22:27:45 #
Jul 18, 2022 23:19:36 #
Jul 19, 2022 07:21:05 #
Jul 19, 2022 07:32:27 #
I bought one of those galvanized steel garbage cans at Home Depot and put my bird feeders in that at night - outside. The lid is too tight for the raccoons to open. I don't have bears here - I have no doubt that they would do great damage to get into it if there were bears here.
Jul 19, 2022 08:40:27 #
gym wrote:
This little bandit has been emptying my hummingbird feeders at night, so I started taking inside the ones he could reach. So now he comes in the middle of the afternoon. He tips them over, lets the sugary water fall to the floor of the deck, then he goes down and licks it up. Today, I caught him in the act. This one is just prior to his climbing up to the deck railing.
Well that has hot to be annoying, gym, but you got a good shot of the little sugar water thief!
Jul 19, 2022 11:33:29 #
A cute reminder that they share our world too. Actually, it was all theirs long before we "aliens" arrived for they have been around for some 25 million years. Hopefully, when we are all gone from destroying the planet, they will have it back.
Jul 19, 2022 16:02:52 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
A cute reminder that they share our world too. Actually, it was all theirs long before we "aliens" arrived for they have been around for some 25 million years. Hopefully, when we are all gone from destroying the planet, they will have it back.
You're right on there, Sippy, except for one detail: we are destroying the planet, and nothing as big or as complex as a rackety coon will survive the mess we're making.
Jul 25, 2022 13:14:45 #
gmontjr2350
Loc: Southern NJ
sippyjug104 wrote:
A cute reminder that they share our world too. Actually, it was all theirs long before we "aliens" arrived for they have been around for some 25 million years. Hopefully, when we are all gone from destroying the planet, they will have it back.
George
Jul 25, 2022 13:15:13 #
gmontjr2350
Loc: Southern NJ
gym wrote:
This little bandit has been emptying my hummingbird feeders at night, so I started taking inside the ones he could reach. So now he comes in the middle of the afternoon. He tips them over, lets the sugary water fall to the floor of the deck, then he goes down and licks it up. Today, I caught him in the act. This one is just prior to his climbing up to the deck railing.
Nice shot!!!
George
Jul 25, 2022 19:58:17 #
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