Raccoon 1- human 0

I was sitting on the couch last night

when I glanced out the french doors to our deck

and noticed our raccoon friend staring at me.

He had that guilty look on his face.

I then looked at our suet feeders that hang in our tree,

 which are a favorite target of our furry friend,

and saw that the feeders were still full of suet.

The raccoon then exited stage right off the deck.

He was obviously biding his time,

waiting for my wife and I to go to bed

so he could have his way with the hanging suet feeders.

"Look how cute he is"

is a refrain I hear regularly from my wife.

Below are some before and after photos

showing the work of Mr. Raccoon.

Notice this feeder

hanging from a chain, with one link

securing the door to the basket.

Now notice the feeder.

YOU CAN'T.

IT'S NOT THERE ANY MORE!!!!

I had that feeder secured so well to the chain

that I found it a pain in the neck to refill,

AND I HAVE OPPOSABLE THUMBS.

It seems Mr. raccoon was really pissed last night.

Notice the feeder below.

A 2 sided feeder, each side with it's own door

which is secured shut

with metal clips

to keep Mr. raccoon out.

So he just decided to remove

one half of the house completely.

Mr. raccoon.....

so cute?

Not so much.