I popped another one yesterday, there appears to be only one more in the
immediate vicinity but it has developed the Pavlov Pellet Gun
conditioning so it runs when I go outside now.
When the ospreys are flying around and screeching the tree rat
population gets mighty scarce too. One day a year or two ago we were
sitting on the front porch and there were some squirrels around, all the
sudden a red-tailed hawk flies by about 3 feet away from us, right along
the porch rail, I think it was looking for one of the rats. They
scattered REAL fast! That was kinda cool, but a bit startling as it
made no sound as it went by, not even a whoosh.
--R
On 7/6/15 8:57 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
I noticed a few weeks ago that the local squirrel population or presence was
gone or seriously diminished.
About two weeks ago, we noticed a nest of red winged hawks in a tree at the
back of our property. They're pretty noisy now, starting the hunting and
feeding of the youngsters well before dawn. I went out yesterday morning before
sunrise and saw the dad out hunting.
I'm suspecting that the need to feed several hungry chicks has put a serious
damper on the local tree rat population. They used to be quite active in the
woods behind my house, and now I neither see or hear much of them at all.
Nice to have the hawks setting up housekeeping in the neighborhood. They've
been around for a while, but we hadn't seen evidence of nesting or offspring
until now.
We have a bunch of large owls around here, too.
Dan who gets up with the roosters every morning
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On Jul 2, 2015, at 9:56 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
wrote:
I was just today thinking maybe I ought to pop a couple of our fat squirrels.
One went into the garden and looked like he was going to stop for a snack but
he passed right through.
I should get my new pellet gun out and finish sighting it in, the rear sight
needs to be shimmed, it shoots really low even thought I adjusted it all the
way up. Dad got the gun at an auction for $3, so you know its quality. ;)
Reloads quicker than my 10 pump crossman though and that one won't kill a
squirrel, just ring its bell...
Curt
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