Bana, That's the dreaded woodchuck. So sorry Vera...are you going to do anything about him?. I know you said its senseless to trp him.....Good target practice.....
We have them too. And chipmunks, rabbits, deer, etc. They all were here first so I have no plans on harming them. We have invaded their territory because we built our house on a farm.
Posts: 14633 | Location: Harford county, MD, zone 6 | Registered: May 10, 2003
We used to have a good Australian Sheperd that rid our hill & the neighbor's field hill of them! He could spot them close to a mile away in that field when there weren't any crops!
"The soil is the source of life, creativity, culture and real independence." David Ben-Gurion
Yep, ground hog is what we call'em. If Homer wasn't so old and fat now, he could chase him away. Now he just lays on the porch and watches them.
This is poppa......there's a momma and two babies. They all reside under the shed. I've enough maters to share and mostly they just munch grass. Problem is, there is no grass right now as you can tell. It's all brown. The little bit of green you see is where the veggie garden sprinklers hit the yarden.
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watch out for the food chain that they can attract... wolves, coyotes, foxes, bobcats, bears, large hawks, and snakes that go after the little ones. (whatever would i do w/o google?)
keep that camera handy.. i want to see the picture of your bear visitor!
Posts: 3124 | Location: CA zone 10a | Registered: Aug 27, 2007
I feel your pain, we were waiting months for some pineapple plants to fruit and get ripe. Had about a dozen. Just when we were ready to pick them I got about three and the raccoons got the rest.
Ya know...a tiger would take care of that problem. hehe
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Posts: 6951 | Location: Central Florida | Registered: Feb 12, 2005
z9 - yep, a tiger would solve the problem...might fix the wild turkey and coyote problems too. Man, the coyotes were singing choruses last evening.
Bears, wolves - YIKES!!! We have never had a bear this far down, although some of the neighboring counties farther north have had some stray brown bears who wandered too far from the Smokies. Thankfully the rangers took care of those little (?) problems. Then there were the environmentalist issues a few years ago. Some brilliant ones thought this area would be a good place to re-introduce wolves. Such a stink this created. The cattle farmers (ourselves included) were almost up in arms.....how would "they" like wolves living in their back yards? Fortunately, the tree huggers tucked their tails and ran for cover and the issue went away.
Now, we do have mountain lions/panthers or Painters as they are called here. However, other than some screams once in awhile and tracks around ponds & streams, we don't see them. Whee! Also, not many reports of cattle/calves being missed either. Guess there's enough other wild game to keep them fed.
Sorry about your tomatoes. I gave up growing them when the squirrels ate all mine.
We have a similar animal, the marmot, and they are very destructive. Last year they almost decimated my garden and they've done some damage this year as well. It's really difficult to keep them out of the garden altho I'm having some more fencing done in an attempt. They've cost me quite a bit of money by eating plants I bought for my own use. The other day one was in the engine compartment of my truck! Likely up to no good! They also poop all over my patio! I welcome any bears or coyotes that want a snack!
We have cougars (mountain lions) here as well altho in over 20 years I've never seen one, altho have heard their eerie cries at night. There have been a few deaths locally in that time so they are the scariest animals we have here. They also are welcome to a marmot snack.
Lucky
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no bears here, or wolves either. up the hill is the watershed area for Crystal Springs Lake, our reservoir with water that comes from Hetch Hetchy near Yosemite. there are mountain lions there.. of course deer.. and i did see a coyote once. but nothing like that in our neighborhood. the more well-to-do neighborhoods bordering the watershed do have mountain lion spotting quite often.
this is so cool. you can follow the roads by clicking on them. brings back memories of the back roads i used to take to get to work every day.This message has been edited. Last edited by: bana,
Posts: 3124 | Location: CA zone 10a | Registered: Aug 27, 2007
