A mouse which has been occupying my backyard and feeding on the spilled seed from my birdfeeder was at last caught and subdued yesterday. He had been terrorizing the birdfeeder for a few months now, seen scurrying from raised garden bed to raised garden bed. He was the best fed mouse in history. Well, he scurried in front of my landscape guy, who was armed with a garden hose yesterday. He was squirted out of hiding and then pummeled with the hose. He did not survive the encounter. At last, freedom from the terror of my backyard!
For us, it’s chipmunks, and there are too many to count. They are cute but a terrible menace.