On 3/27/2021 10:58 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> 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
>
Yikes and no thanks! I've occasionally had to contend with a marsh rat
(aka rice rats). They're tiny little things, about the size of a
hamster, but destructive. I had one in my garage last year. I noticed
something had been chewing on the lid to the plastic bin containing wild
bird seed. Uh oh. I brought the bird seed inside and left the garage
door open. It left since I'd taken away the source of food.
I suspect they've been in the attic, too. The HVAC folks told me they'd
seen signs of critters up there.
Jill
Jill