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Index of Subjects --Boundary_(ID_dfSlUkAqlDQarbc3u6/qPQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Last year we had Red Squirrels similarly empty all our accessible =20 hummingbird feeders. The squirrels got very bold, and drank the =20 feeders dry right in our presence, even allowing us to get photographs. The squirrels also gained access to the house through a minor =20 construction defect, and began raiding the kitchen. They removed the =20= contents of a large bag of peanuts (in the shell), and moved the nuts =20= around the house, storing them such places as under our pillows. Finally the two delinquent rodents were trapped in Havahart=A9 traps =20 (using peanut butter as bait). They were deported to a wooded area 7 =20= km away, because I had read that they can return from as far as 5 km =20 distance. The carpenters were called, and closed the squirrel =20 entrance with quarter-inch hardware cloth, which will even keep out =20 deer mice. So, my first suggestion for a suspect is the Red Squirrel. They have =20= a "criminal record." =97Paul On Jul 20, 2008, at 8:24 AM, Eleanor Lindsay wrote: > David & Alison Webster wrote: >> Dear All, July 19, 2008 >> While looking for a seldom used kitchen tool today in the basement, =20= >> I found a long forgotten box of Weinbrand Bohnen (Brandy Filled =20 >> Chocolates) in a polystyrene container. There was a hole chewed in =20= >> the polystyrene container (top edge of Squirrel-sized hole 2.25" =20 >> above edge of a wooden tray that would serve as a platform) and a =20 >> hole chewed in the corner of the chocolate box. >> >> Only 3 1/2 chocolates were missing so the taste apparently did not =20= >> live up to the odor that presumably inspired the raid. The =20 >> remainder were unfortunately grey with long fuzzy mold. >> >> Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville >> >> >> >> >> > Talking of creatures with a sweet tooth, I am currently battling one =20= > which has taken to raiding and emptying my hummingbird feeder every =20= > chance it gets! The feeder hangs in a tree and several times this =20 > season I have found the recently filled feeder completely empty in =20 > the morning, still hanging from its site, but totally sticky and =20 > grubby with bits of leaf and twiglets all over the outside. One =20 > evening after dark I noticed unusual branch movement and on going =20 > out to check scared away something large (most likely a raccoon - =20 > but it could also have been a porcupine, several of which have some =20= > of my trees under attack - and the feeder was once again empty. I =20 > have checked that it is functioning normally and not leaking). This =20= > is a first after two decades of hummer feeding. How common is it for =20= > raccoons and/or porcupines to go for sugar water like this? > > Eleanor Lindsay > Seabright NS --Boundary_(ID_dfSlUkAqlDQarbc3u6/qPQ) Content-type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Last year we had Red Squirrels = similarly empty all our accessible hummingbird feeders. The = squirrels got very bold, and drank the feeders dry right in our = presence, even allowing us to get photographs.<div><br></div><div>The = squirrels also gained access to the house through a minor construction = defect, and began raiding the kitchen. They removed the contents = of a large bag of peanuts (in the shell), and moved the nuts around the = house, storing them such places as under our = pillows.</div><div><br></div><div>Finally the two delinquent rodents = were trapped in Havahart=A9 traps (using peanut butter as bait). = They were deported to a wooded area 7 km away, because I had read = that they can return from as far as 5 km distance. The carpenters = were called, and closed the squirrel entrance with quarter-inch hardware = cloth, which will even keep out deer mice.</div><div><br></div><div>So, = my first suggestion for a suspect is the Red Squirrel. They have a = "criminal record."</div><div><br></div><div style=3D"">=97Paul</div><div = style=3D"font-size: 13px; "><br></div><div><div><div>On Jul 20, 2008, at = 8:24 AM, Eleanor Lindsay wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>David = & Alison Webster wrote:<br><blockquote type=3D"cite">Dear All, July = 19, 2008<br></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite">While looking for a = seldom used kitchen tool today in the basement, I found a long forgotten = box of Weinbrand Bohnen (Brandy Filled Chocolates) in a polystyrene = container. There was a hole chewed in the polystyrene container (top = edge of Squirrel-sized hole 2.25" above edge of a wooden tray that would = serve as a platform) and a hole chewed in the corner of the chocolate = box.<br></blockquote><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite">Only 3 1/2 = chocolates were missing so the taste apparently did not live up to the = odor that presumably inspired the raid. The remainder were unfortunately = grey with long fuzzy mold.<br></blockquote><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite">Yt, Dave = Webster, Kentville<br></blockquote><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><br></blockquote>Talking of creatures with a sweet tooth, = I am currently battling one which has taken to raiding and emptying my = hummingbird feeder every chance it gets! The feeder hangs in a tree and = several times this season I have found the recently filled feeder = completely empty in the morning, still hanging from its site, but = totally sticky and grubby with bits of leaf and twiglets all over the = outside. One evening after dark I noticed unusual branch movement and on = going out to check scared away something large (most likely a raccoon - = but it could also have been a porcupine, several of which have some of = my trees under attack - and the feeder was once again empty. I have = checked that it is functioning normally and not leaking). This is a = first after two decades of hummer feeding. How common is it for raccoons = and/or porcupines to go for sugar water like this?<