Syracuse.com - Volney woman catches raccoon on film raiding her bird feeder late at night

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"We initially figured it was the birds coming back from the south and (that they were real hungry," she said.

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<p>Kristin Decare, of Volney, sent me this interesting photo taken with her trail camera.</p>

<p>She wrote: "Hi Dave, I am Kristin DeCare from Volney NY who sent story about red squirrel eating a bird a year ago or so. Well this time I have a raccoon picture that was quite funny -- not so at the time, but kind of now. We were out camping and when we came home only a week later it was empty.</p>

<p>"Figured first it was just the birds coming back from the south and (that they were) real hungry. So filled it again and a couple nights later the same thing happened. So had husband put up trail camera and see what we got pictures of.</p>

<p>"It was a real funny critter and I have about a dozen pictures of it in different poses emptying it out and when it managed to get it off the pole it was looking down at it on the deck."</p>

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