The first time the bear tested the bird feeder pole on October 12, she found that it was too hard to bring down to her level. After 4 days of consulting with more experienced bears, she came back. This time she had it on the ground in no time. Sharon didn’t actually see her bring it down, but she did hear it.

We were going to stop feeding the birds after they emptied the feeder, but the bear took care of it for us.

I guess I’ll have to go out there and do a failure analysis.

2013/10/17

Begin failure analysis.

Looks like multiple points of failure

Squirrel baffle may be beyond repair.

Pile of broken pipes

Iron pipe fittings just broken off.  What am I going to do with four concrete pilings of about 150 pounds each and four feet into the ground?