[TN-Bird] Re: Coons raiding hummingbird feeder
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- Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 18:32:34 -0400 (EDT)
I caught raccoons in the act of drinking from my hummingbird feeder during the
winter months. The raccoon turned the feeder up and drank from it like it was
a glass. I responded by bringing it inside at night for a while and the raids
stopped. I've only had one incident since April with the feeder bottom laying
on the ground by morning. They haven't bothered the hour-glass shaped feeders.
Vickie
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From: Lynne Davis <lynnedavis865@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thu, May 1, 2014 12:26 pm
Subject: [TN-Bird] Coons raiding hummingbird feeder
Has anyone had experience with raccoons raiding their hummingbird feeders? As
soon as Mama Coon starts taking her babies out to show them the world, I start
having trouble with feeders of all sorts being emptied, torn down, sometimes
destroyed. My last HB feeder is MIA as of yesterday.
In the past, I have hung the feeders at the edge of the porch roof and not had
too much trouble, but now, they get on the roof and pull the feeder up on the
roof and empty it. I tried hanging it on one of those two-hook hanging plant
poles in the yard, but it wasn't high enough to deter them. Every time the
feeder is knocked down, another part gets broken. Doesn't anyone make
unbreakable HB feeders?
We had some luck this winter taking suet and seed feeders in at night, but we
sometimes are not home around the time it gets dark. Hot pepper suet has
stopped all the suet raiding. I have to use Critter Ridder in all my potted
plants, too. I wonder if there is some way to "spice up" the hummingbird
feeder? Maybe put something in the ant moat?
Lynne Davis
Seymour, Sevier County
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