| Nocky ( @ 2008-07-24 10:07:00 |
Scooby Doo, Got a new mystery for you!
Ever since the mouse was relocated, there's been nothing new. I will leave the trap out tonight and if nothing gives, the mouse problem is over!
But I have a new problem occurring in the middle of the night. Tuesday, I made a fresh batch of hummingbird nectar and hung it up. Wednesday morning, it was bone dry. No one knows why. There's at least ten honeybees on the hummingbird feeder now but there's no way they could've drained it. I made a new batch of nectar and hung that up.
This morning, the feeder is bonedry again. I just made a fresh batch, shrieked my way through the honeybee swarm to change feeders, and then sat back to try to figure it out.
The woodpecker has never drained the feeder (haven't seen it recently either). It's not heavy enough to make it empty out. The culprit is obviously attacking the feeder in the middle of the night. I looked up bats and found out that there's a big issue of bats in Arizona that drain feeders overnight.
Tonight, I plan to check every hour or so and see if I can catch the culprit - or at least figure out when the feeder is being emptied.
Ever since the mouse was relocated, there's been nothing new. I will leave the trap out tonight and if nothing gives, the mouse problem is over!
But I have a new problem occurring in the middle of the night. Tuesday, I made a fresh batch of hummingbird nectar and hung it up. Wednesday morning, it was bone dry. No one knows why. There's at least ten honeybees on the hummingbird feeder now but there's no way they could've drained it. I made a new batch of nectar and hung that up.
This morning, the feeder is bonedry again. I just made a fresh batch, shrieked my way through the honeybee swarm to change feeders, and then sat back to try to figure it out.
The woodpecker has never drained the feeder (haven't seen it recently either). It's not heavy enough to make it empty out. The culprit is obviously attacking the feeder in the middle of the night. I looked up bats and found out that there's a big issue of bats in Arizona that drain feeders overnight.
Tonight, I plan to check every hour or so and see if I can catch the culprit - or at least figure out when the feeder is being emptied.