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Posted on 04/20/2006 2:10:46 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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I've been wanting a hawk and maybe a few owls...
Coyotes would keep me up all night!
They've always been here, and always been in the back forty.
The first year after I moved here the pasture literally ~moved~ with rabbits. They were everywhere. I began noticing bunny parts here or there. I'm sure the coyotes were often close by, when it snowed there were always tracks close by. The number of rabbits decreased, and that's a good thing. Rabbit holes and horses aren't a good mix. Now there are a lot more squirrels by the house, I've probably tripled the number of squirrels. The yapping quite close by is relatively new... Not quite sure what that's about but I wonder if it's not the frustration of chasing squirrels who run up trees. If they didn't make noise, we'd never know they were there.
Huh. Go figure.
The coyotes don't have any natural predators in the vicinity to keep ~them~ in check though? That would be my worry.
Just man... Man's the only predator. Even cougar probably dont' particularly prey on coyotes unless one annoys them. Coyote numbers fluctuate with the food supply. More rabbits, more coyotes, eat all the rabbits, coyotes decrease. Rabbits increase again....
Kill da wabbits! ;-)
Heh - we were just watching that :~)
Dang, were they loud or what? Cisco wasn't happy about 'em, but didn't actually bother to pace or anything. Some guard dogs we've got...
I think we jinxed things by discussing how they'd moved on. ;-)
[[Ruthy]]
I'm really sorry, Ruthy. I'm glad you were able to be there for him, but I realize that's just a small comfort in the midst of a lot of pain.
There was a rabbit in my yard yesterday afternoon - first time I'd seen one over here.
Did you hear me yell at 'em? They were right at the fence in the back. Turned the spotlight on them, and they scattered so fast into the brush back there we didn't even see them. Do you have a good strong flashlight?
Don't have a big flashlight, no...just smaller ones.
They were making different noises than before...wonder what that meant.
Thanks, Rosie. I thought I was "prepared" to do what had to be done for Scruffy, but I learned once again that you never really are "prepared" for something like this.
But I'm glad I was there for him too. And I'm especially glad he won't have to suffer through another hurricane season.
The soggy weather always made his arthritis unbearable.
Too cold fer thepool. We're going to see "Cars."
But he is waiting for you, hale and hearty, and you will be with him again.
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