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 Sent from my iPad > 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 > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
