Re: OT -now raccoons was woodpeckers/cedar wax wings

ouch.  don't your boys chase them at all??

On 5/1/09, andreah <andreah@hargray.com> wrote:
>
> I hate squirrels.......I came home to more destruction last night. Part of
> it is that I moved the bird feeders so now they're getting onto the back
> porch to try to reach them. This includes uprooting my newly planted
> succulent pot on a daily basis. I've got to get out and rearrange some
> things this weekend which will hopefully alleviate some of this.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf
> Of Jesse Bell
> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 9:41 AM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT -now raccoons was woodpeckers/cedar wax wings
>
> OH man...sounds like you've had a BAD week.  Sorry 'bout that.
>
>
>
> On 4/30/09, andreah <andreah@hargray.com> wrote:
> >
> > I don't want to anything else to attract one. I think it's living in the
> > bamboo as my neighbor called me night before last at 12:37 am to ask me
> to
> > please make my dogs shut up as he had to go to work the next morning. I
> > didn't even hear them as I was dead to the world. The phone woke me up,
> > rather than the dogs. Oops. I had to lock their dog door that night. I've
> > also decided that I hate squirrels with the fiery passions of hell. They
> > have dug, scrambled, and uprooted so many things this spring. Not to
> > mention
> > getting into the bird feeders, which I completely understand, but the
> > destroy everything around them trying to get there. They dug up my
> Rutgers
> > tomato seeds which just flew all over me. Hopefully they will be OK.
> > Anyway-I'm just venting on our 4 legged friends. And of course my two
> four
> > legged friends are about worthless as they sleep all day and aren't out
> > patrolling when I'm not here. Oh, except to wake the neighbors and cause
> > hate and discontent. LOL!
> > A
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf
> > Of Jesse Bell
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 9:22 AM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT - woodpeckers/cedar wax wings
> >
> > Wanna give it something to do besides bother your feeders?  Put some
> peanut
> > butter in an old jar and sit it on the ground.  Then get your camera.
> > They'll spend HOURS trying to get the last drop of peanut butter out of a
> > jar.  I know.  I have a pet racoon.  And I had two pet racoons when I was
> a
> > little girl.  They all have a sweet tooth.  If you have marshmallows or
> > candy corn they will follow you anywhere.
> >
> > If the suet cake you are using has any kind of peanut butter or peanuts
> in
> > it - the racoons will go nuts. Same with the bird food.  If it is a mix
> > that
> > has sunflowers or peanuts, they just can't help themselves.
> >
> >
> > 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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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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