We bring our feeders in at night to keep the raccoons from messing up the feeders. Raccoons are mischievous creatures, however. I had a weather sending unit clipped to a screw, securely, and now it is gone. It is still sending a signal, but I can't find it. They are notorious for taking things especially shiny objects or white things.
More raccoon action on my bird feeder
Instead of bringing it in every night I extended the reach of my feeder hanger by adding a foot of copper pipe. So, the bugger can't reach out and pull it to the rail. He walked up and looked at it a few times then quickly figured out that he would climb it. They say that you need 1/2" or smaller diameter poles to keep them from climbing. This one is a bit over 1" and he could get ahold of it. Then hang upside down and try to get the seeds. This was a partial success, however, since when he grabs it the squirrel proof cage slides down and shuts the ports, so he got only a little bit out of it. I will also try painting the pole with hot sauce to deter the climbing. I guess I could make the reach even longer but at some point the thing will come down, raccoon and all. =
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Our fruit tree orchard gets hit by the bears. Too difficult to keep them away.
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I tied a string to a short 2x2 than threw it over a tree and let it get stuck in a Y.
Then tie the other end to the house above my deck.
I put feeders on it and slide them in and out with a 10ft stick of 1/2" emt.
Not my bear , but yeah.
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