The other part of the story is that my wife asked me to exterminate this critter after he destroyed her flower bed, dumped on the porch, and knocked down then chewed the humming bird feeder. My plan was to wait till the bandit put on a winter coat then I would carry out her conviction. The stay of execution must have been opposed by the wood pile. I did tell her at the time that I would handle the matter and she needed to be patient. So the way I have it figured is that the wood pile is evil and is empathic to my wifes concerns.