Smart animals like raccoons often figure out ways to get into bird feeders. But there are some smart things you can do to keep them away and make sure.
A baffle is a cylinder- or cone-shaped object that keeps squirrels from getting to the feeder.
1. Install a Baffle
Make sure it's big enough and high enough off the ground so that raccoons can't climb or jump over it when you put it on the pole below the feeder.
Hang your feeder from a wire that goes between two things, like bushes or poles. Make sure the feeder is 10 to 12 feet away from both of them.