Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:43:55 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sherry Peruzzi Subject: Re: HB Feeder Attack MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I had one destroyed by squirrels a couple of years ago too -- these Columbia squirrels are really voracious. The HB feeder I have now isn't baffled (almost impossible to do in my townhouse for a variety of reasons, so I use "squirrel-proof" feeders instead) but it's been up all season and well-used by a hummingbird family, and the squirrels haven't bothered it. (So far!) Sherry Joe Hanfman wrote: > 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 > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================