Who keeps stealing the bird feeder?

[boykinlp]

My stepfather has a mountain house near Table Rock in upstate S.C. He has a rather elaborate system of pulleys and cables to raise and lower a bird feeder. He had to replace/repair it a few times, not understanding how it was getting destroyed. One afternoon they came home to see this (I hope this works):

http://youtu.be/toIDGWBHBu4

 

[BigBill]

Bear or deer?

Squirrels were my biggest problem till I got the closing perch bird feeders.

 

[Watchdog]

...they came home to see this (I hope this works)

Nope...the link didn't work for me.

 

[wilkoi]

No work...

 

[loc n load]

Bird feeder bandits

Your link did not work for me.....I have a tribe of fox squirrels that descend on my bird feeders - they love sun flower seeds. One big fox squirrel will climb the steel 1/2" cold roll post, drape himself over the feeder, turn it 90 degrees sideways, dump the entire contents out to the waiting mob on the ground. They will empty a full feeder in a couple of minutes.

 

[5Wire]

Didn't work for me, username & password required. I'm guessing black bear, though...

 

[boykinlp]

Nope...the link didn't work for me.

I don't know what I am doing wrong!

It shows as a blue link when I look at it here and when I click on it it opens. It is in an email I received. Any ideas?

 

[-db-]

I don't know what I am doing wrong!

It shows as a blue link when I look at it here and when I click on it it opens. It is in an email I received. Any ideas?

It works for you because it's a direct link to something in your inbox and you're signed in to your email account. For everyone else, it's asking for a charter.net username and password.

 

[boykinlp]

Maybe it will work now!

 

[5Wire]

Maybe it will work now!

It did, thanks.

I guessed correctly, too!

 

[Cpo1944]

That dude is lucky he didn`t break the window as hard as he was pounding on it. I would have let the bear have his snack and later on moved the feeder to a place farther away from the tree. I love my wild birds ,but bears are a lot more interesting, plus we get to talk about bullets and guns for shooting them- not that I ever would!

 

[snowman]

Your link did not work for me.....I have a tribe of fox squirrels that descend on my bird feeders - they love sun flower seeds. One big fox squirrel will climb the steel 1/2" cold roll post, drape himself over the feeder, turn it 90 degrees sideways, dump the entire contents out to the waiting mob on the ground. They will empty a full feeder in a couple of minutes.

loc n load,

Here's how one lady solved that problem: [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9-rE5RBZvU[/ame]

 

[41collector]

This guy has come by every other Thursday looking for the feeders he destroyed in April. I've got a load of rubber buckshot waiting for him on his next visit, which should be next week. He's about 15 feet from our basement door.

 

[DeadAye]

loc n load,

Here's how one lady solved that problem:
...

Great idea .... I'm gonna try it today.
MY anti-squirrel idea involves a fence charger
As soon as we get moved I'm gonna try zapping the suckers.

Once it gets nice and cold out there's a .22 and a stew pot waiting the tree rats!

 

[boykinlp]

I would have let the bear have his snack and later on moved the feeder to a place farther away from the tree.

Since I have seen how much time he has to put in to re-rig the pulley system, I don't blame him for what he did. That is a second story window and at 80+ years old, we would rather he not spend time perched on a ladder.

I did tell him that I wish he had let it play out because I wondered if the bear would have tried to jump for the feeder.

 

[cowart]

A practical solution is to use a bear-proof feeder which has a slippery dome over the feeding area.

 

[Alpo]

He should be ashamed of himself, frightening off one of the poor woodland creatures like that. Poor little bear probably starved to death, from not eating that bird seed.

 

[loc n load]

Snowman

loc n load,

Here's how one lady solved that problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9-rE5RBZvU

Thanks.....I greased up the pole with Vaseline and boy did I have some thoroughly frustrated and irritated squirrels.....My wife and I laughed so hard that our stomachs hurt.....one squirrel would try and try and try and then another would have a go - same results......finally, they went to plan B....one squirrel climbed the 4x4" clothes line post that is about 5' away and got to the top and leaped from the top of it onto the bird feeder. I went out that night and moved the bird feeder. My wife warned me not to do it during the day or risked being mobbed by the "tribe". Thanks.

 

[CajunBass]

Who keeps stealing the bird feeder?

As soon as I saw this title, I thought "a bear."

We had a rash of feeders disappearing in my old neighborhood. Nobody knew who was taking them.

Finally one woman a couple of houses down from us, looked out her kitchen window to see a bear pulling one of hers down.

I never saw the bear. I just saw the Emu.

 

[don5]

This guy has come by every other Thursday looking for the feeders he destroyed in April. I've got a load of rubber buckshot waiting for him on his next visit, which should be next week. He's about 15 feet from our basement door.

We expect to see the video of you in action. A couple of pictures are not going to cut it. I am really looking forward to seeing this.