MISSING BIRD FEEDER

The snow is melting, and the past few nights have been rather pleasant.  People are not held hostage in their homes any longer because of wicked weather.  The car windows are not as frosty as they were.  The grass and is visible in some areas of the yard where the wind has blown the snow away.

One more thing.  The raccoons are very active at night.  About ten o'clock at night I can hear them ravaging the bird feeders outside my window. They squeak and chatter and try to climb the Shepard hooks.  Seeds fall to the ground.  The dogs bark and we all run to the window and tap the glass to shoo the racoons away.  They look at me through the glass, annoyed.  Then turn and follow their worn path back to the timber.

Every morning I refill the feeders.  Today one was missing.  It was not on the hook, or on the ground, or over there, or under that.  It was gone.  Those blasted raccoons ran off with the entire bird feeder.

If you see a raccoon dragging a wooden box, it could be my bird feeder.