Hayling Billy
06-19-2012, 03:07 AM
We have a squirrel who (we think) feeds from our bird table. We see it often, and think it must be taking the food as the table is picked clean within hours of heaps of seed and peanuts. The real mystery is the disappearance of the large blocks of suet mealcake I have been putting out on the table. They are roughly the size and weight of an A5 paperback book and dense. When I put them out they will be pecked at by the birds, but in the morning will have disappeared. I do not see how a rat or a squirrel could carry one from the bird table in just its teeth, and how could it move while trying to hold a relatively huge block in its small front paws/claws? I would be fascinated to know the answer!