Re: OT - woodpeckers/cedar wax wings

oh good.  I can just see you out there w/ a paintball gun!  LOL

On 4/27/09, andreah <andreah@hargray.com> wrote:
>
> Oh no-it wasn't rabid-our raccoons are so used to people they come out all
> the time. It's probably a momma with babies. Lennox chased it up a tree and
> I haven't seen it since then. It ran from him so that tells me it probably
> is healthy, just a pain in the a--! They are SO destructive. I might have
> to
> get me a paint ball gun too.
> A
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf
> Of Pam Evans
> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 4:39 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT - woodpeckers/cedar wax wings
>
> I agree w/ Tricia, that is unusual for them to be foraging during the day.
> Interesting.  Hope it's not rabid.
>
> On 4/27/09, Patricia Dickson <pdickson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> > Isn't that unusual for raccons to be out during the day?  I got my son's
> > paintball gun out of the attic.  I may try to show them that we play
> > paintball
> > here so they will go elsewhere.
> > For those of you that have never had any raccoons they are very
> > destructive.
> > They never seem to be happy just eating the seeds they tear up the
> > feeders.  I
> > had one alstromeria that had made it through the winter and now I doubt
> it
> > will recover after they have torn it up getting to the feeder that was
> > hanging
> > above the plant.
> >
> > --- On Mon, 4/27/09, andreah <andreah@hargray.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: andreah <andreah@hargray.com>
> > Subject: RE: [CHAT] OT - woodpeckers/cedar wax wings
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Date: Monday, April 27, 2009, 5:07 AM
> >
> > OK- so I moved ALL of my birdfeeders yesterday because Mr. Raccoon paid
> us
> > a
> > visit in the middle of the day. I put them on a Sheppard's hook close to
> > the
> > back porch so hopefully I'll remember to bring them in at night.
> > Grrrrr-what
> > a pain.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf
> > Of andreah
> > Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 12:00 PM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: RE: [CHAT] OT - woodpeckers/cedar wax wings
> >
> > Hmmm, I never thought about brining them in at night. DUH. I may have to
> > invest in another one. Thanks!
> > A
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf
> > Of Patricia Dickson
> > Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2009 12:10 PM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: RE: [CHAT] OT - woodpeckers/cedar wax wings
> >
> > Andrea,
> > I think you have got to replace that suet feeder...... those woodpeckers
> > are
> > too much fun to watch.  I have been taking inside my feeders so that the
> 4
> > raccoons that visit my yard every night don't break anymore.  Some
> trouble
> > but
> > worth the birds.  I had 7 cedar wax wings sitting in the top of my bald
> > cypress last evening.  I had to call my neighbor and get her to come
> > identify
> > them for me.  I thought they might be but they looked too small.  We
> looked
> > through her binoculars and they were so very pretty.  They just stayed
> long
> > enough for her to come down and identify them and then off they all flew.
> > South... I think I am just lucky to be on thier migration route.
> > Tricia
> >
> > --- On Sat, 4/25/09, andreah <andreah@hargray.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: andreah <andreah@hargray.com>
> > Subject: RE: [CHAT] OT - woodpeckers
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Date: Saturday, April 25, 2009, 7:11 AM
> >
> > I love to watch birds and their antics. I have A downy woodpecker that
> was
> > coming to the suet feeder until a raccoon stole it and broke it-no more
> > suet.
> >
> > Got your pics Pam-the yard looks fantastic and so does the house!!!
> > A
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf
> > Of Pam Evans
> > Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 9:03 PM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: [CHAT] OT - woodpeckers
> >
> > I have a pair of downy woodpeckers whose antics crack me up anyway.  But
> > tonight I discovered why, when I fill the peanut basket I find a bunch of
> > empty shells in the basket.  It's a handleless colander that's nailed
> > to the
> > top of the big hackberry stump (about 4 feet high).  I came around the
> > corner of the house and saw a head bobbing up and down in the basket.  It
> > was the female just going to town on those peanuts.  After a few minutes,
> > the male flew down and perched on the rim of the colander.  So she jumped
> > out and he jumped in and took his "turn".  It was just hilarious and
> > solved
> > that minor mystery of the empty shells in the basket.  The rest of the
> > birds
> > (mostly blue jays & cardinals) fly down, grab a peanut and fly of into
> one
> > of the shrubs or trees to eat their treat and come back.  I guess the
> > woodpeckers think that's a waste of time.  You had to be here I guess,
> but
> > it was pretty darn funny.
> >
> > --
> > Pam Evans
> > Kemp TX
> > zone 8A
> >
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> Kemp TX
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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