On Thursday, November 28, 2019 at 6:47:01 AM UTC-10, Terry Coombs wrote:
> On 11/28/2019 10:28 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Thursday, November 28, 2019 at 11:19:26 AM UTC-5, notbob wrote:
> >> On 2019-11-28, Dave Smith > wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 2019-11-28 6:44 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >>>> first! We can't kill the beautiful creatures!" versus "They're eating
> >>>> up the landscaping that I paid big bucks to have someone install!"
> >>> bush, but I almost never see them when I am walking back there.
> >> I can relate.
> >>
> >> Never seen a wild turkey, but my buddy sed they had
> >> "invaded" his CA neighborhood, prior to his egress to Kansas.
> >>
> >> I'd been to his house dozens of times. Typical CA suburban
> >> neighborhood (from 60's) w/ sidewalks, CA ranch-style housing, and all
> >> that.
> >>
> >> I was shocked when he told me (from KS) that wild turkey's had taken
> >> over his neighborhood. He would see 'em coming down the street (via
> >> "sidewalks") when he walked his dog!
> >>
> >> Can you shoot 'em? Much like the "wild pig", problem, no. CA is
> >> weird, like that.
> >>
> >> nb
> > If they hadn't systematically tried to eradicate the predators, the
> > problem wouldn't exist.
> >
> > Come to think of it, it's been most of a decade since I've seen a coyote
> > in my back yard.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
>
> Â* We haven't seen any coyotes in our yard , but we can hear them quite
> often . Too bad they don't eat armadillos . Those are becoming a problem
> here .
>
> --
> Snag
> Yes , I'm old
> and crochety - and armed .
> Get outta my woods !

I've never heard one of those in real life. That would probably give me the heebie-jeebies. The coyotes, not the armadillos. Although I've never heard an armadillo either so maybe...