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I thought of y'alls

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  • 89th8 89th

    Love it. Just yesterday I caught a large toad (nearly camouflage with the color of the bark on our maple tree), which the kids loved seeing. I was about to mow the grass and it jumped for safety. Win-win!

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    @89th Toads are awesome for eating slugs, the little snots that chew holes in my hostas. A couple days ago, I saw a small toad by the front porch. YAY!!

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    • MikM Mik

      This is great. Love to hear it. Your wildlife loves you. Ours constantly assaults our premises.

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      @Mik Oh, Mik, we have finally gotten tough on the marauders, the deer that love to eat everything in our yard. We fenced in the backyard, and also most of the front yard on one side. They have to be civilised deer now and walk all the way to our front yard if they want to enter. And I am sure they eventually will. Doggone deer ...

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        I mentioned in the other thread.... bunnies are our nemesis. Cute as hell, but love to chew early growth on hostas, black eyed susans, and lilies. We have a trap and I've caught quite a few. Rabbit stew tonight!

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        • 89th8 89th

          I mentioned in the other thread.... bunnies are our nemesis. Cute as hell, but love to chew early growth on hostas, black eyed susans, and lilies. We have a trap and I've caught quite a few. Rabbit stew tonight!

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          @89th

          I agree! We have bunbuns that hang out on our property. Guess what?? Hubby thinks they're so CUUUUUUUTE, and he can't bear to do anything to keep them out. He says they don't eat much.

          Sigh.

          Please send recipes.

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            We have a heap of rabbits and toads. Mrs. Phibes has taken to naming the bunnies, so I don't think humane disposal is on the cards. Chipmunks are equally as cute and annoying as bunnies, however our dog caught one a few weeks back, and they've been noticeably more restrained since then.

            I was only joking

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              We have skinks. They are everywhere.

              The Brad

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              • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                We have skinks. They are everywhere.

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                @LuFins-Dad
                I have to Google this one.

                TIL
                We have at least two kinds of these critters in Minnesota. I don't think I have ever seen one here.

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                  We had either a fisher or weasel walk up the drive a couple of weeks ago. Naturally, the dogs went completely bonkers. We see a lot more variety in Rhode Island than we did in Foxboro, as we're right on the edge of a fair amount of countryside.

                  I was only joking

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                  • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                    We had either a fisher or weasel walk up the drive a couple of weeks ago. Naturally, the dogs went completely bonkers. We see a lot more variety in Rhode Island than we did in Foxboro, as we're right on the edge of a fair amount of countryside.

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                    @Doctor-Phibes said in I thought of y'alls:

                    We had either a fisher or weasel walk up the drive a couple of weeks ago. Naturally, the dogs went completely bonkers. We see a lot more variety in Rhode Island than we did in Foxboro, as we're right on the edge of a fair amount of countryside.

                    Really? My experience tells me that Foxboro was absolutely overflowing with weasels a few years back.

                    The Brad

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                      This fellow was in our yard last month...

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                      And these two strolled past the house - a long way from any forested areas.

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                      • kluursK kluurs

                        This fellow was in our yard last month...

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                        And these two strolled past the house - a long way from any forested areas.

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                        @kluurs

                        Your deer are like ours, so urban that they use the public sidewalks. 😄

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                        • MikM Away
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                          We see them strolling down the walking trails almost every day.

                          "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                          • MikM Mik

                            We see them strolling down the walking trails almost every day.

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                            @Mik
                            During our Minnesota winters when the snow is deep, I can look out the windows and see deer enjoying the use of the cleared sidewalks. They get tired of walking through the deep snow.

                            They're so darn spoiled. They'll walk down the plowed sidewalks to a plowed driveway, then cross the street from there to the next plowed sidewalk. They finally go into a yard when they spot a favorite plant to eat.

                            I love my new fences.

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