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I tried the clothesline thing when I lived in Petite Riviere. I would hang=
my suet feeder in the middle of the line well away from any trees or acces=
s and would find the suet taken out the next morning. I could not figure o=
ut how this could be so. I caught the culprit one night and it was a racco=
on that would go paw over paw upside down out to the feeder. It would then=
hang from two paws and reach down to unlatch the suet feeder and remove th=
e suet to the ground below and then would go back out the clothesline to a =
tree and back down to feed. I would not have believed it possible had I no=
t watched it.
Sincerely,
James R. Hirtle
LaHave
I also have to take in my feeders at night due to the raccoons here in LaHa=
ve. I thus cannot leave the feeders out much when on awful shifts. I have=
shift work to. It is disappointing. Knocking on wood, I've been leaving =
one feeder out and it has not been bothered for awhile, so hopefully, somet=
hing happened to the local raccoon family.
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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on beha=
lf of Hubcove@aol.com <Hubcove@aol.com>
Sent: November 25, 2017 1:02 AM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Raccoon Problem
We are infested with raccoons and solved the problem by hanging the feeders=
from a clothes line in the back yard. The squirrels still climb the line b=
ut no raccoons.
Peter Stow
Hubbards
In a message dated 2017-11-24 8:37:47 P.M. Atlantic Standard Time, duartess=
@EastLink.ca writes:
Always have put up bird feeders/suet/peanut feeders during the Fall & Wint=
er, but, after having all my feeders being pillaged and destroyed by all th=
e raccoons here in the greenbelt behind my home on Glenwood Ave., Dartmouth=
... will not do so this year...I know, I should bring them in every night, =
but I work shift work...Just doesn't work for me...will throw some black-oi=
l sunflower seed within the multi-flower tangle hedge back there, but that =
is it...[:-(]
Gayle MacLean
Dartmouth...
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<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">I tried the clothesline thing whe=
n I lived in Petite Riviere. I would hang my suet feeder in the middl=
e of the line well away from any trees or access and would find the suet ta=
ken out the next morning. I could not
figure out how this could be so. I caught the culprit one night and =
it was a raccoon that would go paw over paw upside down out to the feeder.&=
nbsp; It would then hang from two paws and reach down to unlatch the suet f=
eeder and remove the suet to the ground below
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<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">James R. Hirtle</p>
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">LaHave</p>
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<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">I also have to take in my feeders=
at night due to the raccoons here in LaHave. I thus cannot leave the=
feeders out much when on awful shifts. I have shift work to.&nb=
sp; It is disappointing. Knocking on wood, I've been
leaving one feeder out and it has not been bothered for awhile, so hopeful=
ly, something happened to the local raccoon family.</p>
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<Hubcove@aol.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> November 25, 2017 1:02 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [NatureNS] Raccoon Problem</font>
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<div>We are infested with raccoons and solved the problem by hanging the fe=
eders from a clothes line in the back yard. The squirrels still climb the l=
ine but no raccoons.</div>
<div>Peter Stow</div>
<div>Hubbards</div>
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<div>In a message dated 2017-11-24 8:37:47 P.M. Atlantic Standard Time, dua=
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<div> Always have put up bird feeders/suet/peanut feeders during =
the Fall & Winter, but, after having all my feeders being pillaged and =
destroyed by all the raccoons here in the greenbelt behind my home on Glenw=
ood Ave., Dartmouth... will not do so this year...I
know, I should bring them in every night, but I work shift work...Just doe=
sn't work for me...will throw some black-oil sunflower seed within the mult=
i-flower tangle hedge back there, but that is it...<img title=3D"Sad :-(" a=
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