tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757093280387768593.post3174001354782963764..comments2023-10-23T15:56:58.357-04:00Comments on Nature remains.: That sneaky little kleptomaniac!nina at Nature Remains.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07888238636692649668noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757093280387768593.post-46960139146650820612007-07-06T12:19:00.000-04:002007-07-06T12:19:00.000-04:00Dear Nina,I too have a Raccoon that takes the glas...Dear Nina,<BR/>I too have a Raccoon that takes the glass flowers and the entire glass tube out of the Hummingbird feeders! Eats all the grape jelly the Orioles leave every might too.<BR/>I laughed so hard about the squirrel and the socks and the clothespins! Thank you cestoady!<BR/>Thank you Nina!<BR/>SherryQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02473455565144414399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757093280387768593.post-88548522973696183052007-07-06T09:16:00.000-04:002007-07-06T09:16:00.000-04:00Wow..what a nice hummingbird feeder. I want one!!...Wow..what a nice hummingbird feeder. I want one!!! I haven't seen one like that.NM High School Sports Newshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06493970709644500432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757093280387768593.post-39311503355278546162007-07-05T20:50:00.000-04:002007-07-05T20:50:00.000-04:00I'm wondering how Mary can have all that abundant ...I'm wondering how Mary can have all that abundant backyard life and NO raccoons. <BR/><BR/>Your story brought to mind Loren Eisley's story about pack rats in (I think) Immense Universe. Sounds like you've got your own masked version :0)Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00548755592157386484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757093280387768593.post-88590349060483769322007-07-05T19:53:00.000-04:002007-07-05T19:53:00.000-04:00i laughed out load reading this.. lil rascals. i....i laughed out load reading this.. lil rascals. i.ve watched them tip feeders sideways to drink and more than one nectar feeder has gone to that 'unseen place' and i never refound them. wildlife is so intelligent in so many ways :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757093280387768593.post-52288987248318007352007-07-05T18:56:00.000-04:002007-07-05T18:56:00.000-04:00Nina- I tagged you with the Eight Random Things M...Nina- I tagged you with the Eight Random Things Meme (but only if you want to)<BR/><BR/>Now why would a squirrel want clothespins??Lynne at Hasty Brookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09187035706322695138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757093280387768593.post-51184947156795756952007-07-05T08:57:00.000-04:002007-07-05T08:57:00.000-04:00Cestoady's comment regarding the nest lined with s...Cestoady's comment regarding the nest lined with socks and clothespins! LOL!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040099513110890878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757093280387768593.post-1004266997530807142007-07-05T08:30:00.000-04:002007-07-05T08:30:00.000-04:00Four- legged thieves have been a work in our yard ...Four- legged thieves have been a work in our yard too -- but not the masked variety. Last summer I had I put a pair of just washed socks to dry over the porch railing , only to have them disappear the next day. I have yet to find them. At about the same time, clothespins were mysteriously disappearing from the bag on the porch. The mystery was solved when I surprised a gray squirrel ,with a clothespin in its mouth,<BR/> running from the porch.<BR/><BR/>I have concluded that somewhere high in the trees there must be a squirrel's nest lined with MY socks and held together with MY clothespins -- who says squirrels are not smart ?<BR/><BR/>July 5, 2007 7:29 AMcestoadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00653689058424312225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757093280387768593.post-70371302264364219602007-07-04T23:04:00.000-04:002007-07-04T23:04:00.000-04:00I try to imagine what must be going through his li...I try to imagine what must be going through his little thieving mind-- he must've spied it from afar, climbed out on the branch to get it, and been so pleased with himself!nina at Nature Remains.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07888238636692649668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757093280387768593.post-40429230330800724482007-07-04T22:57:00.000-04:002007-07-04T22:57:00.000-04:00Gorgeous feeder- I'm glad you got all the peices b...Gorgeous feeder- I'm glad you got all the peices back! My backyard squirrels stole the yellow plastic cups out of my jelly feeder.Lynne at Hasty Brookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09187035706322695138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757093280387768593.post-89012948473716947292007-07-04T22:47:00.000-04:002007-07-04T22:47:00.000-04:00Racoon? I don't have much experience with them bu...Racoon? I don't have much experience with them but maybe they love pretty things...<BR/><BR/>That feeder is a work of art!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040099513110890878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757093280387768593.post-49327206823039766902007-07-04T22:43:00.000-04:002007-07-04T22:43:00.000-04:00Oh this is too funny. A thieving racoon? I know ...Oh this is too funny. A thieving racoon? I know that crows steal shiny bright things, but a racoon?KGMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.com