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Scottish field vole plague reaches record level (Sgurr nan Ceathreamhnan voled)
BBC ^
| May 12, 2011
| Christopher Sleight
Posted on 05/15/2011 6:25:47 PM PDT by decimon
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05/15/2011 6:25:50 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
Zinc phosphide on groated oats. There’s nothing else other than tillage that will rid an area of these pests.
Years where there is snow on the ground for a long time made for high vole production years in Nevada.
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posted on
05/15/2011 6:27:24 PM PDT
by
NVDave
To: decimon
My cat want me to get off the computer so he can check on airfare to Scotland.
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posted on
05/15/2011 6:29:12 PM PDT
by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: NVDave
They’re talking hundreds of million of voles. But they say that raptors are thriving for it.
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posted on
05/15/2011 6:31:10 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: Straight Vermonter
My cat want me to get off the computer so he can check on airfare to Scotland.It does sound like feline heaven. Or maybe fox heaven.
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posted on
05/15/2011 6:32:41 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: Straight Vermonter
My mom’s cat devastates the vole/mole population on their property.
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posted on
05/15/2011 6:38:57 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
To: decimon
Are they not good in Haggis? :)
Gunner
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posted on
05/15/2011 6:44:37 PM PDT
by
weps4ret
(Democrats + Liberal Stream Media = Blood Liable)
To: decimon; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
We see voles around here once in a while; oddly enough, I’ve never had a conversation about the local voles with anyone who’d even heard of ‘em. What happens is, voles go up for about a year, and predation goes up with it — predators like fox and lynx have a ready food supply, which is, alas for the voles, one of their roles.
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posted on
05/15/2011 6:46:27 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
To: decimon
Volare...
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posted on
05/15/2011 6:46:27 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 844 of our national holiday from reality. - OBL Dead? The TSA can go away!)
To: decimon
My Jack Russell digs them out of the snow.
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posted on
05/15/2011 6:50:07 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: All
have a wee bowl o’ haggis and a wee shot o’ whiskey, voles, ye’ll be feelin’ fine.
To: decimon
Sounds like a good day to be a hawk.
To: decimon
Scotland's recent freezing winters... So, "global warming" causes freezing winters in Scotland?
To: decimon
Put them in the haggis, no one will ever notice!
To: decimon
There’s an interesting myth about voles jumping off cliffs to commit suicide
Wrong
To: cowtowney
There’s an interesting myth about voles jumping off cliffs to commit suicideLemme think about that.
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posted on
05/15/2011 7:29:16 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: cowtowney
Actually that was lemmings but yes, it’s a myth.
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posted on
05/15/2011 7:34:24 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: decimon
Oh, I can believe hundreds of millions. On a 125 acre pivot, I’ve seen infestations of 10’s of thousands. They’re practically born pregnant.
As I said: Zinc phosphide on groated oat bait. Drop it out of a crop duster or air seeder at about 10lbs/acre. Cleans ‘em right up.
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posted on
05/15/2011 7:45:45 PM PDT
by
NVDave
To: decimon
Gonna need more than re-vole-vers to take care of this problem.
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posted on
05/15/2011 7:52:59 PM PDT
by
Redcitizen
(In case of economic breakdown, make sure you have a case of Snickers candy bars.)
To: decimon
I blame gerbil warming...
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posted on
05/15/2011 8:14:44 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 844 of our national holiday from reality. - OBL Dead? The TSA can go away!)
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