Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 20:20:29 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Joe Hanfman Subject: Re: HB Feeder Attack MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Bob, I had the same problem. It was squirrels. They would chew the bee preventers and empty the feeder. I put it on a pole with a baffel and solved the problem. I was able to get replacement bee preventers from the Wildlife Authority. Joe Hanfman Columbia, MD auk1844@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Mumford" To: Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 6:20 PM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] HB Feeder Attack > I just returned from Denali (awesome is an understatement at this time of > year) to find my HB feeder on the ground, with the bee preventers chewed or > clawed out. The only time this has happened in the previous eleven years was > when a bear attacked it (along with a bee hive) in 93. The feeder was > hanging about 18 inches down from a small branch of a dogwood tree, about 5 > feet off the ground. > > Question: has anyone had experience with squirrels, raccoons or possums going > after HB feeders? Or do I assume another bruin was in here? > > Bob Mumford > Darnestown > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================