come send them to heaven for me. I donât like killing things
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if you dont give them opportunity to enter your buildings, you wont have a problem. spray foam in cracks and crevices is your best friend. i have a decent population in my mature norway spruces and red pines. they mostly leave my fruit and nuts alone so far. i have a bad habit of leaving the garage door open in the summer. sometimes i go in there and find piles of pine cone chaff left on my benches. i only cull when i start to see them in numbers in the trees. all the cats lose around here usually control their population pretty good.
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I lost 90% of my pears last year. They were all on the ground when they were small as you can see they were eaten all the way around the center by the time I figured out what was doing it and how to fix it my season was done.
My first guess was a squirrel but I really do not have any squirrels my orchard is out in the middle of a wide open area and the area is patrolled by hawks.
Turns out it was crows. I have plenty of those. I purchased and hung up a fake dead crow that helped tremendously. Also broke out the 410. I hope I donât have that problem again this year.
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In my experience, if you shoot one while others are around, they wonât come back for months â and then only a few at a time.
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Yes, that is exactly what happened last year. They were really bad not exactly sure why I had so many. I did have a tornado pass through tore up everything. I really donât like to kill things and I would see them walking around, but I didnât think they would hurt my fruit. Once I killed the first one and hung up the fake dead crow they didnât come back for months of course all my fruit was gone by then.
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i gotta get bro near me to eat these rats
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@clarkinks , thought you may enjoy these Bobkittens we caught on the gamecam:
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They are very cute.
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Checking my Natâl Geo. bird guide: yep. Not near as tall as a Great Blue Heron, but impressive nonetheless. When I drive I-5 through northern California to see my wifeâs family, we often see these on the American River flats. That is north & west of Sacramento, generally.
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Was about to prune the tangelo until I came across this little one. Hummingbird was very approachable which I found odd.
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I hope you will leave her alone, mostly. My best guess she is an Allenâs hummingbird, judging by the plain throat and likely locale.
This far north and inland, sometimes weâll see Rufous. Nothing blooming here for a couple months. Enjoy.
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Yes definitely giving it space. Itâs a beautiful harmless creature.
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This is great!
Oh my goodness. Can I use this as a reference? Its so cute 
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