Raccoon Morning

This is what I woke to the other morning -- a raccoon managed to bend the iron bar with the 'squirrel proof' bird feeder and bring it down nearly to the ground (it usually hangs at the same level as the suet feeder in the upper right of this photo.)  It also managed to get the lid off of the galvanized steel bucket that holds the feed -- and bent the entire bucket so out of shape that the lid won't fit anymore. 

[Note:  I say "it" not to deny its personhood, but because I don't know if it's a girl raccoon or a boy raccoon.]

It also left raccoon prints at my neighbor's house/ building site -- I'm glad for that, since I briefly feared it might have been a bear.  We get bears in Missoula, but not generally this far into town.

Now I must come up with a more raccoon-proof feeding system.  At least it did not get any of the pond goldfish.

Comments

[Artichoke Heart]

Your goldfish pond is simply exquisite! I have an enormous case of Goldfish Pond Envy now!

[Cathy]

I don't know, to me it looks like a bear is the culprit.Unless it's one very fat raccoon.

[Kalamity]

Raccoons - grrr - they decimated my sweet corn this year. Didn't leave any for us - the brats.

Our grandson trapped 11 coons in 10 days in August but they still ruined one variety of sweet corn. We did get some of the taller corn before they figured out how to ruin it, too.