This morning we got up and noticed that our bird feeders were on the ground. Upon closer inspection I found that the 4 hook rod was bent almost flat to the ground - I should have gotten a picture before straightening it. The stand-alone wooden box feeder had the plastic hinge for the lid torn and the suet block on that feeder had fallen out and had chew marks all around. So we are taking the bird feeders down tonight.
We are just north of VanBuskirk Gulf Rd and west of NY Rt 34/96. Our home designed deer fence doesn't seem to be damaged - it must be strong enough for the bear to climb. (4 ft field fence wire 2 runs high - cable tied together; heavy duty road sign U posts from Seneca Supply - 10 ft so 8 ft exposed, but next time I would use 12 ft; rebar woven through the wire at 16 ft intervals between the U posts; As grape vines grow on the fence scraps of wood or tree branches are added for bracing the wire.) Nigel -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
