As bird lovers we always have some sort of feeder for our feathered friends but noticed the food disappearing rapidly this winter. So I set up a "critter cam" system to snap some of the culprits as it is motion sensitive. Here's a daytime raider caught in the act. This camera is a color one for daytime use, set about 3 feet from the feeder.




And then the light sensitive black and white camera which is about 10 feet from the feeder with a red spotlight. We've now noticed that this family of opossums comes many times during the night to graze on the goodies ... no wonder the birds don't have anything left!

When the red light went off for the opossum one night last week we went out to watch and were surprised to see both the opossum and a raccoon sharing the feeder. They were absoutely compatible and quietly sharing the food ... then the opossum slowly wandered off ... buddies in the night.