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>This may be old news to some but I recently made a discovery that
>saved time, frustration and bird food (when I forgot or was late
>coming home). My bird feeders are on a steel pole about 7 feet high
>and raccoons had no trouble climbing the pole until my discovery. I
>went to Dollarama and bought a jar of Vaseline and greased the
>bottom 4 feet of the pole. Instant success!
What works better, Gary, and won't require re-application of greasy
stuff that will trap insects, is a 2 foot long section of 3" or 4" or
so tubing (PVC works well) hung from the bottom of the feeder with S
hooks. Anything that "floats" around the pole that the racoons can't
get their paws around will work. Search "bird feeder racoon guard" on
Google Images to get some visuals...
Phil
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27 Clovis Ave.
Halifax, NS, B3P 1J3
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902-460-8343 (cell)
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www.papiliomusic.ca
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(Michael Hedges)
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