Suet feeder left up?? I have lost 8 of them through the years! I think
the sister is just lucky!
On Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 4:02:17 PM UTC-4 Jill Thompson wrote:
> I don't know if my New Hampshire juvenile bear thief was interested in the
> thistle seed or just thought he might be, but he took it down, and carried
> it a ways down the trail into our woods. Top was pried off and contents
> gone. I haven't fixed it yet to try again.... Other feeders all
> (including hummingbird feeder) come in every night and so far, so good!
>
> On Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 11:55:52 PM UTC-4 KC wrote:
>
>> I, now, take in all my bird feeders every night. But until last
>> September, I would leave the thistle feeder out because I, too, thought a
>> bear would not be interested in it. Then late one night, I heard a noise on
>> my deck. I peeked out the glass door and saw a juvenile bear standing
>> upright with its paws on the hanging thistle feeder. I’m not sure if the
>> bear was really interested in the thistle or he/she was just checking out
>> what looked like a bird feeder that might have tasty seed in it. From that
>> point on, I bring everything in at night and, so far, I have not had
>> another bear encounter.
>>
>> ~Derry, NH
>>
>> On Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 2:07:44 PM UTC-4 sallie barker wrote:
>>
>>> Hello, My (older and usually wiser) sister in law has just told me that
>>> the bears of (Norwich)Vermont do not bother with thistle seed feeders! She
>>> says they are safe to keep up... She is an excellent birder, I hasten to
>>> add! Does anyone know if bears of New Hampshire, particularly in the
>>> Springfield/New London area, have a similar culinary distaste!?!
>>> PS. I do take my suet/sunflower feeders down every evening, but SHE does
>>> not! And thus far, she is proven right! Dare I try?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Sallie Barker
>>>
>>>
>>
