Brettski:

I've not had any coons shinny up either pole yet...however a squirrel managed to (many times, I suppose) jump that 5 foot gap from the hedge tree nearby...I'll have to give those branches a trimming. If he's still willing to jump down 8 feet and try to land on the roof of that box...it's all his.

Those braces are kinda U-shaped...maybe that's why coons have climbed up there, yet. It's also about 7 feet up to the box right now from dry land. It'll be in the water when (if?) the pond ever fills. :rolleyes:

In a lifetime, the average driver will honk 15,250 times. My wife figures I'm due to die any day now...