This night-vision camera remix shows a clever Raccoon stealing a woodpecker suet feeder by holding on until it - and he - falls to the ground. That's a drop of about 7 feet. He then carries it off into the forest to figure out how to open it. Not high on style marks, but it works. I managed to recover the empty feeder down by the stream.
Raccoon Tries to Get Bird Suet Feeder in a Unique Way!
Video of Funny Raccoon
Raccoon raiding suet bird feeder
Caught this funny episode of a raccoon trying to get at a suet feeder the other night. Previous suet feeders had disappeared entirely and I suspected the wily Raccoons so I set up my night-vision game camera to catch the perpetrator(s). What ensues is a rather large raccoon trying to get the feeder off of a tiny springy branch I knew wouldn't support its weight. Not to be deterred the erstwhile bandit tries to stretch with only the very tiptoes of one hind foot to support and stabilizing him. The raccoon fails badly and is left hanging onto the suet basket with all four feet about 8 feet off the ground. As it still tries to get the suet feeder off the branch despite dire circumstances it falls to the ground with a thud. Now I don't know if raccoons land on their feet like cats do, but I somehow doubt it. In which case this raccoon had a hard landing and likely limped off to heal his bruises in the den as it left the suet behind!
