I have had flying squirrels take out suet feeders before. It was a mystery
because the feeders were hanging such that it would have been very difficult
for a Raccoon or other mammal to access. And they always went down at night.
Then one night, I caught a motion outside the window and flipped on a light
to see a flying squirrel riding the wildly swinging suet feeder.

Rob Sandelin
Naturalist, Writer
Snohomish County, WA

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From: tweeters-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu
[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of
MurrayH at aol.com
Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 7:53 PM
To: Tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Tweeters] bird suet feeders


Friends: Please bear with me: we have 2 suet feeders: one, a small
home-drilled and home-made suet-filled log attached by a rope around a fir
tree; and another, a store-bought suet cake stuffed into a rectangular
basket hanging from under a porch eave.
For several mornings now, Betty has found 1) the suet in the wire
gone; 2) the wired basket on the ground; and 3) the disappearance of both
the suet and the wire basket!!
We suspect raccoon or something similar: However, tonight-- aha!
-- we're going to leave on an outside floodlight to see if we can catch the
varmint (sp.?) in the act!! Just thought I'd give Tweeters a chance to
share a similar mystery!! <http://cdn-cf.aol.com/se/smi/0201e073c5/05>
!! Regards, Murray






(Mrs.) Murray Hansen
Graham, WA
MurrayH at aol.com



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