Rats at the bird feeders! Yes, it's true!
Ugh! Rats at the bird feeders! Didn't want to believe it was so, but yes, feeders draw rats. I've been feeding birds for 30 years up North, no issues other than a mama racoon and her 3 babes just this past year. Had my TV feeders up for 5 weeks and UGH! First noticed the feed rapidly disappearing. Then when stepping onto the lanai after sunset, noted the platform and hopper feeders swinging wildly. There was not a breeze blowing. Now I'm truly tuned in, what the hell is at my feeders? Then, just before dawn, I saw those vermin, two big ones jumped directly from the platform feeder to the stones below, the "baby" scurried right down the pole to the stones. Creeped out of my own skin, the feeders came immediately down. I'm so sad.
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