From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   Stephen Peek wrote:   
   ...   
   > This is the time of year moms are weaning their little ones and the little   
   go searching for their own territory.   
   > So, the young ones may decide to settle near you if they are comfortable   
   there.   
      
     we have a large drainage ditch that runs through the property   
   so they dig burrows in the banks.  once established they won't   
   leave easily.  i end up having to hunt them and their little   
   ones.   
      
     i have a fence up which keeps them mostly away but the fence   
   isn't totally enclosing the gardens so they come visit at times   
   and i scare them off or hunt them.  if they come back enough   
   times they'll get buried someplace in a garden.  :(   
      
     trapping and relocating just doesn't accomplish anything as   
   there are always plenty more.  the fences help the most but i   
   have to check them once in a while to make sure they've not   
   dug new tunnels underneath.   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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