[TN-Bird] Re: Nocturnal visitor

Carole,

The possum that lives in our yard eats dog food (I've found him in
the cat trap a few times) but has never touched our suet, which is
within easy reach.

I have personally seen raccoons steal suet feeders a few times at
night, and they are nearly always my first suspects in such episodes.

Charlie


--- Carole Gobert <cpgobert@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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