On 3/27/2021 10:45 PM, jmcquown wrote:

>>>>
>>>> I keep mouse traps in the starwberry tubs, more to scare away the
>>>> chipmunks, rather than catching/harming them.Â* I put traps around some
>>>> of the cherry tomato plants, too.
>>>>
>>>> I have security cameras set up around the outside of the house, not
>>>> for safety reasons, but for seeing critters.Â* The things one sees
>>>> after dark....
>>>>
>>> I'd love to have some critter cams outside!Â* When I first moved here I
>>> couldn't keep a bird feeder.Â* Raccoons kept tearing them down.Â* I had a
>>> really nice terra cotta feeder that hung on chains with S hooks.Â* One
>>> morning I went out and the feeder bowl was in the grass, the hooks were
>>> there but the chains were gone.Â* Raccoons had stolen the chains!Â* I keep
>>> picturing them dressed like little gangsters in vests with their masked
>>> faces, twirling chains.Â* Film noir.
>>
>> Yup- see my corn-related post to Janet a few mins ago. I have lost
>> some wonderful feeders.
>>>
> Yep, I just read that!Â* I've seen as many as 7 raccoons out back at one
> time, but not in recent years.
>
>>> It would be fun to find out what's going outside at night.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> Sometimes deer, foxes, or raccoons, and all in one night.
>>
> I think there might be foxes in the area but I'm not sure.Â* I know there
> are minks (which surprised me!) but they tend to be closer to the water.
>
> Jill

Could be worse, how about some mice?

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...tralia-rcna513