That is interesting Rob. I have seen crows at our feeders since hanging
some suit baskets, but I thought that it was raccoons who were getting the
boxes open an running off with the prize.



We put a small carabinier (SP? --key chain style) on the opening to keep it
from being raided. Work good so far and is easy to unlatch for us.



Deb of Ray & Deb Fame

Robe Valley in Washington

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From: Rob Sandelin

Date: 01/18/06 19:31:21

To: tweeters at u.washington.edu

Subject: [Tweeters] A crow story from today!



For the first time ever in 14 years of bird feeding I got a crow at my

feeder station today! My father in law gave me a homemade suet feeder which

holds three suet cakes that requires the birds to hang upside down to get at

the suet. The woodpeckers and chickadees and the like have no problem and in

theory, starlings can't do this. Well crows can contort themselves pretty

well. That rascal crow managed to poke itself upside down and unhinge one of

the metal suet cake holders, dropping the suet on the ground! I sat there

somewhat stunned while the crow made off with a whole cake of suet. Dumb

me, I went about my business and came back a couple hours later to find ALL

three suet holders were hanging empty, the suet nowhere in site. That's one

pile of calories for one clever bird.



Now I've got to see if my monkey smarts can make the suet feeder crow

resistant. I think I am at a serious disadvantage here. I have problem

feeding some of my suet to the crow, I just want the other birds to have

some too.





Rob Sandelin

Naturalist, Writer

The Environmental Science School

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