Aha! Sounds like racoons at work.

-- 
June Tveekrem
Columbia, Maryland
tweekiebird|AT|southernspreadwing.com



Lydia Schindler wrote:
>  Hi, All--
>
>  A couple of months ago our suet feeder disappeared one night (for the
>  first time in several years). My husband replaced it, but anchored
>  the new one with a heavy duty chain; in the morning, the top had been
>  forced open and part of the heavy wire cage bent--very difficult to
>  force back in shape--and the two suet cakes were missing. Next time
>  he drove a screwdriver through to pin the top; in the morning, the
>  screwdriver lay on the ground; the two suet cake containers were in
>  place but they were empty.
>
>  Lydia Schindler
>  Darnestown