[MamaB]

I have not seen that many squirrels since my neighbor hates them. I have seen loads of rabbits, though. Can they climb trees? lol. I think all the birds share in my plums and figs since I see spots on them where it looks like they were pecked. Love my birds though. I have a swing on my patio and one year my daughter and I were sitting in it. We kept seeing hummingbirds flitting about. One kept dive-bombing me. We finally decided the bird liked my red shirt. I would love to have a garden but with all of my allergies, it is just too hard to deal with them. I can just stick my head out the door and my poor head pays the price for it. Have tried all kinds of pills but nothing seems to work. I told a friend that I should start wearing a mask when I go outside. He thought it was a good idea.

Do you live in the country with all of the deer? A friend use to feed a raccoon which kept coming in her yard. Don't know what happened to it. So called progress is taking away all of the places they use to live.

Do owls eat fruit? I hear a bunch of them at night. One came down my chimney years ago. I called my neighbor and he came over. He was going to kill that beautiful white owl. I told him, no thanks, got a pillowcase and got it out that way. It was the first time I had seen one that close.

[MamaB]

Sorry for the triple post. Computer is acting up.

[Arrowhead1952]

Squirrels eat fruit for sure. I used to have a nice peach tree when we lived in Austin and the squirrels would take a few bites out of the fruit and then drop them for another ripe peach. Several of those left the property in my trash bin. Possums do eat fruit as well.

Actually, we live in a city, but the ordinances are strict about fences in front yards. Same with my back yard which is on a golf course. I had to have a 50% see through fence on that side, but now the deer stay out. We have already seen newborn fawns this spring.