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17 years ago

I filled my birdfeeders last night about 7:30, birds pretty much going to roost by then. In the morning I found the tube feeder with 6 ports totally empty. I'm scratching my head thinking - raccoons? But there's a squirrel baffle on the pole and there are two other feeders, one caged, the other a different design, unmolested. Just went out to assess the situation again and an 8 point buck is standing by the feeders. Probably wondering why I hadn't filled it back up for him yet!

I've seen deer sniff the feeders a few years back and stick their tongue in the holes. That's all I can figure happened!

Comments (11)

  • 17 years ago

    That is so funny..:) Ma what is for supper? lol

  • 17 years ago

    WHERE is that photo?? lol Diane if they would only eat the bird food!! Otherwise I only smile when I see a Bambi these days lol

    Mailman said that me trying to keep the deer out, almost kept him out today from delivering to the door. It is like spiked with bamboo sticks etc everywhere. So far, so good. Have not been in lately. Knock on wood.

    Question is, did you fill it back up for him? lol

    Lucy

  • 17 years ago

    Only ONE??
    I have 2 that visit every night. 1 is an 8 pt and the other is a 10 pt and a big doe about every other night. I had to move many of my flowers into the fenced back yard. Last night they sampled my Chile Picune pepper plant thats 15 years old. I hope it burns their rumps when they do #2. They haven't bothered the one NOID Brug in the ground, or the Datura that are in the front. I fill the feeders in the morning and they eat the leftovers at night. I'll put out the Game camera and try to get a pic.

  • 17 years ago

    Princealbert...NOT a good time for me to eat dinner and check what you wrote roflmao

    Lucy

  • 17 years ago

    I wish I'd had time to take a picture, just as I was thinking of running for the camera the deer twitched his tail and took off into the woods. And no, I don't plan to refill the feeder with my expensive birdseed from Wild Birds Unlimited just to have him eat it all in one night again. You never know, he could have friends I haven't seen yet!
    I have no flowers for him to eat, P.A., because of our most recent wild hail/wind storm, so no worries about that part.

  • 17 years ago

    That is pretty amazing. I've never heard of a deer going for the bird feeder.

    We're having a drought here, so the deer are eating things like crape myrtle they don't usually touch.

  • 17 years ago

    The only thing I have seen that the deer won't touch is lantana. I have a big wild one at the shop you can get all cuttings you want Lucy, lol. Don't tell John about the bamboo stakes. It might hurt the customers, lol. Sorry about the hail storm and the deer ruining all your fun. Hopefully your plants will recover.

  • 17 years ago

    That is just too funny! I guess those deer are getting desperate! I guess maybe they consider the seed a delicacy as it sure wouldn't come close to filling them up! Maybe you can find a new snack to feed them!!! Just kidding!
    Thanks for the stories!
    Joyce

  • 17 years ago

    My Deer Pics:

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    There is a racoon also and an occasional fox, I don't have pics of them, and squirrels in the daytime.

  • 17 years ago

    They are beautiful but they've eaten more then their share of my landscape. Of course they feed first on my most desirable plants.

  • 17 years ago

    Pretty, are they mule deer or the other kind? All we have around here is mule deer.