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Index of Subjects --14dae9ccdd4eff153404cd4b1d90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 We had a rat or two a few years ago, then baby rats. I then moved our feeder far away from the house..the rats went with it....then a red tailed hawk suddenly persistently appeared near the feeder. Then no more rats :) Helene On Oct 30, 2012 9:10 AM, "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote: > *OCT. 27, 2012** - **RATS! A big** Norway rat** has appeared in the > burrow system below my feeders in our back yard (shared with the chipmunk, > who might now be hibernating?).* > ** > *OCT. 29, 2012** - At my feeders, the **eastern chipmunk** is still > active, and, happily, I have not seen the **Norway rat** since that first > sighting. And **robins** still present in our yard.* > * > * > *OCT. 29, 2012* - At suppertime in east Wolfville, Bob Thexton showed me > a *cock pheasant* that was *roosting* (presumably for the night) about > halfway *up in a large black walnut tree* on a now-bare branch well out > from the trunk, in a residential back yard. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > > --14dae9ccdd4eff153404cd4b1d90 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <p>We had a rat or two a few years ago, then baby rats. I then moved our fe= eder far away from the house..the rats went with it....then a red tailed ha= wk suddenly persistently appeared near the feeder. Then no more rats :)<br> Helene</p> <div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Oct 30, 2012 9:10 AM, "James W. Wolford&= quot; <<a href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca<= /a>> wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" st= yle=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-rig= ht:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;line-height:28px;background-color:= rgb(240,240,240)"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font:14.0px Aria= l;background-color:transparent"><b>OCT. 27, 2012</b></font><font face=3D"Ar= ial" size=3D"4" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font:14.0px Arial;color:#001ee6"= ><b> -=A0</b></font><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" color=3D"#001ee6" style= =3D"font:14.0px Arial;color:#001ee6"><b>RATS!=A0 A big</b></font><font face= =3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font:14.0px Arial;background-color:transpare= nt"><b> Norway rat</b></font><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" color=3D"#001e= e6" style=3D"font:14.0px Arial;color:#001ee6"><b> has appeared in the burro= w system below my feeders in our back yard (shared with the chipmunk, who m= ight now be hibernating?).</b></font></div> <div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left= :0px;line-height:28px;font:normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial;color:rgb= (0,30,230);background-color:rgb(240,240,240);min-height:16px"><b></b><br> </div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margi= n-left:0px;line-height:28px;background-color:rgb(240,240,240)"><font face= =3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font:14.0px Arial;background-color:transpare= nt"><b>OCT. 29, 2012</b></font><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" color=3D"#00= 1ee6" style=3D"font:14.0px Arial;color:#001ee6"><b> - At my feeders, the </= b></font><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font:14.0px Arial;backgro= und-color:transparent"><b>eastern chipmunk</b></font><font face=3D"Arial" s= ize=3D"4" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font:14.0px Arial;color:#001ee6"><b> i= s still active, and, happily, I have not seen the </b></font><font face=3D"= Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font:14.0px Arial;background-color:transparent">= <b>Norway rat</b></font><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" color=3D"#001ee6" s= tyle=3D"font:14.0px Arial;color:#001ee6"><b> since that first sighting.=A0 = And </b></font><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font:14.0px Arial;b= ackground-color:transparent"><b>robins</b></font><font face=3D"Arial" size= =3D"4" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font:14.0px Arial;color:#001ee6"><b> stil= l present in our yard.</b></font></div> <div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left= :0px;line-height:28px;background-color:rgb(240,240,240)"><font color=3D"#00= 1EE6" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4"><span style=3D"font-size:14px;line-height:n= ormal"><b><br> </b></span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margi= n-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"4" sty= le=3D"font:13.0px Times New Roman"><b>OCT. 29, 2012</b> -=A0 At suppertime = in east Wolfville, Bob Thexton showed me a <b>cock pheasant</b> that was <b= >roosting</b> (presumably for the night) about halfway <b>up in a large bla= ck walnut tree</b> on a now-bare branch well out from the trunk, in a resid= ential back yard.</font></div> <div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left= :0px"><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"4" style=3D"font:13.0px Times = New Roman"><br></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;m= argin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"> <font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"4" style=3D"font:13.0px Times New Ro= man">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.</font></div><div><font face=3D"Times New= Roman" size=3D"4" style=3D"font:13.0px Times New Roman"><br></font></div> </div></blockquote></div> --14dae9ccdd4eff153404cd4b1d90--
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