DaphDaph On The Way Up Joined: 07 Jul 2007 Location: Lowcountry in South Carolina (Map) Posts: 146
Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 2:34 am Post subject:
You are right Sgt. We spotted a couple of freeloaders the other night. One actually took off with my suet basket. I looked all over the yard for it with no luck. This morning I found it by the other bird feeder. My husband says they brought it back for a refill.
I still have to feed my new mom's so I'm filling up the feeders enought for a day and bringing in the baskets at night.
Question about Wildlife in the Garden? Register for free to ask in our forums.
SongofJoy57 Showing Great Promise Joined: 20 Oct 2007 Location: Foothills of North Carolina Z = 7a & 7b (Map) Posts: 726 PlantStew: 46
Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 9:41 am Post subject:
Great Pics DaphDaph! My cousin raised a raccoon from a baby. His name was Zach. The bottoms of his feet felt just like a newborn baby's, but they were solid black. One day she came home from work to find the front door open . . . he had opened the door, and left. Guess it was time.
DaphDaph On The Way Up Joined: 07 Jul 2007 Location: Lowcountry in South Carolina (Map) Posts: 146
Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 2:16 pm Post subject:
I bet she was heart broken. I don't think I would trust them to roam my house alone. They would get into everything....make long distnace calls, eat all the food in the fridge.....kind of like a teenager. We were watching mama racoon pickup her food and turning it in her hands and opening peanut shells. We know how well those cute little hands work.
cajunbelle Daylily Diva Joined: 04 Jun 2006 Location: zone 8b Louisiana (Map) Posts: 3036
Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 4:02 pm Post subject:
Great pictures. We have racoons, possums and God only knows what else visit the cat food table at night. I don't think the rats and mice are problems because the cats keep them thinned out. We have several very dedicated hunters and huntresses.
Bookmark us 
Subscribe
