Aftermath

[poliphilo]

The bird feeder was missing from its hook this morning. I eventually found it seven yards away from where I would have expected it to fall. I think something must have tried to carry it off  because the wind (and there was a wind last night) couldn't have blown it that far. The baby tits in the roof- whose parents rely on the feeder and probably chose their nesting site to be near it- were complaining vociferously. 

Comments

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

What else would eat birdseed besides birds, though? Unless you have some awfully strong birds that can carry feeders away.
:)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I think it probably blew off- and was then dragged away by a fox- or even a rabbit.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

PS. The feeder holds fat balls- and would therefore be attractive to a fox.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

Yes, that would make perfect sense!

[wyrmwwd.livejournal.com]

I just saw this comment. Or, a fox.

[wyrmwwd.livejournal.com]

I might have been a squirrel. Maybe the wind knocked it down, and a squirrel tried to carry it off.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

We do have squirrels, so, yes, it might have been....

[wyrmwwd.livejournal.com]

The squirrels we had in Syracuse were quite strong and voracious. More than once we saw them carrying about things like pork jobs and turkey legs. Apparently, they were omnivorous.