That's my neighborhood, too. (Tupper Road). Yesterday I found a scat filled with coarsely chopped acorn shells, which made me think of bear.
What a weird winter! -Geo Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 1, 2016, at 11:35 AM, Nigel Dyson-Hudson <caven...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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/ > > -- -- 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/ --
