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Jul 08, 2013

New one

Saw something new to me this morning.
Garfield was eating on the rear porch. A very large bird flew, in from the left banked and settled 15 ft from the porch. I thought at firstit was a Golden Eagle after Garfield. It was a Vulture. Seeing me at the door it apparently abandoned it's planned attack, or it could have wanted Garfield's food.
Between squirrels, racoons, rats, unknown critters, and vultures, and hawks and eagles I may start getting up early and sitting on the proch with a .22. Got lie traps out for whatever is making a mess on the concrete. Don't know what kind of traps to use for the snakes, that like to use garage door tracks to scrape skins off, during thee day. I don't mind them being around but don't want them net to the house. No wonder the Turkeys are staying away on the hillsides.
Dakota has settled in and playing with tennis is his past time. Left him outside yesterday to go antiquing. got a nice Pillsbury cookie jar, about 50 years old. When we came back he whimpered a note or two glad to see us or afraid of the critters, in the woods? Worried he has become too dependent. He never gets 6 inches from my side.
Happy Trails
  • sitting on the porch with a .22. Got lie traps out for whatever is making a mess on the concrete

    :?
    Real simple, QUIT feeding the cat outside.
  • In this neck of the woods farmers let the foxes be. You see they will help keep the rodents down. & now that coyotes are in the area, foxes survive longer than cats.

    I'm glad for all the protected wildlife there is. Because of this I'm very careful when I put my garbage out.

    :C
  • You have to understand that by leaving your cats and cat food outside, you are essentially baiting the wild animals. Instead of shooting, trapping, poisoning, etc. them-you could stop tempting them with food sources.
  • Black vultures will go after weak, injured, small animals; turkey vultures will will not. Both are protected (as well as other migratory birds) and you cannot shoot them without a special permit.

    Foxes will go after cats; we suspect one of our barn cats was chased by a fox and the cat scraped her side during the escape.

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