Yikes.

Several years ago someone on here swore it was simple, a squirrel is always going to run to the nearest tree. Maybe so, and maybe that's helpful in California, but in the eastern US, it's going to take me longer to figure out which of the 200 trees within 20 feet of the squirrel is the nearest, than it is to just frickin' stop and let the squirrel go where it wants.


But I've got a problem that's beyond my raccoon-fu, now. Last week I assume it was a raccoon that ate the nestful of eastern phoebes under my eave, that were just days away from fledging. Problem is, mama bird is getting started on a new brood right away. Anyone have any ideas for keeping the 'coons out of the nest, without disturbing the broody bird? DH already scared one off the deck underneath this afternoon.