My attempts to thwart them, or at least some of them, have met with temporary success. But the coons eventually engineer a solution. They are clever, make no mistake.
I have a new plan. I think it may work, and prevent the masked bandits from climbing this feeder. I'm not yet saying what my plan is, for fear of jinxing myself. However, if long-term success is achieved I'll gladly share my battle plan.
No sleep is lost over this on my part. I consider battling marauding raccoons at a backyard bird feeder very much a first-world problem. Beside, I must admit to a certain fondness for the clever critters.
PHOTO NOTE: This is what ISO 32,000 looks like, as created by the Canon 5D IV. Even with noise reduction applied later, it isn't pretty. It was pitch-black when I made the shot, and it was through a window. Flash would have reflected back, so it wasn't used. If I go outside where I could use flash, I won't get this kind of shot, most likely. As soon as they see me, the coons usually go on alert and scramble down. I've yelled at them one too many times, I guess :-) As a testament to Canon's superb image stabilization, the shot was made at 1/15, handheld, at f/2.8 (with the Canon 400mm f/2.8L II).
3 comments:
Beautiful shot. Thanks.
What a great picture! And a great attitude toward mammals at the bird feeder. My particular nemesis (very plural) are small brown rats - at least they don't climb, but my visceral reaction on seeing them is spoiling my fun with the birds.
Always something. I need a fox.
ceci
I live in rural Shelby County and with the price of racoon pelts being almost 0, the young trappers in this area have quit the sport. Now, racoons are populating at a fast pace. We had a family that would visit our deck at night and crawl out on a wire hanger to get to a hummingbird feeder. We caught them numerous times tipping it up like a bottle of bourbon.
I have a 5 acre property and have caught 28 racoons so far this season, but I'm still seeing groups of them on my trail camera.
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