[TN-Bird] Nocturnal visitor

I've been keeping close watch on my suet feeder the last few days because it 
seemed to me that some nights the suit was disappearing overnight.  This 
morning I found the basket on the ground, empty, and the long metal hook 
from which I hung it in my cedar tree missing.  I'm sure an animal did it as 
a person couldn't have reached the feeder from the ground and probably 
wouldn't have been hungry enough to eat the suet anyway.  I had a smaller 
hook disappear from a different location last year... never did find it.

Does this mean I've got a raccoon or could a possum be responsible? I know 
there's a possum in the area but have never seen a raccoon.

Guess I need to buy a new hook and start taking the suet in at night.

Carole Gobert
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee


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