From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   cshenk wrote:   
   ...   
   > For me, it's Norwat rats.  Occasional squirrels but they mostly ignore   
   > the veggies.   
      
     there are not many squirrels here because we don't have   
   oak trees in the immediate area.  a few hundred feet and   
   there are a few but the hawks tend to get any squirrels   
   if they are in the open for long.   
      
     i've gotten three more chipmunks and finally could not   
   find the raisin i was using to bait them - had to replace   
   it.   
      
     groundhogs do a lot more damage here to the gardens   
   inside the fences as they can get through or over that   
   fencing (Mom bought the wrong kind and i've not got the   
   funds right now to put up some different fencing that   
   would exclude them).   
      
     today we had a fairly young deer come through and i   
   was able to watch it for a while until it got to a spot   
   where i could scare it off.  i don't want to scare them   
   when they might panic and run into a fence.  at one   
   point it was looking into some pieces of mirrors we have   
   on one of our yard art works.  it was looking and then   
   sniffing at it.  i hope it doesn't come back.  we've   
   not had much of any deer tracks around recently so i'm   
   glad they've kept away.  i don't want any of them to   
   think that this is a spot to hang out.  we had a family   
   of three hang out here two years ago and they ate about   
   everything i had planted in some gardens that were not   
   fenced.   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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