And Coyotes!

DEER! They are everywhere it seems. Wouldn't be at all surprised to read reports of them in Midtown. None of our local municipalities (that I know of) have taken action re this. It isn't easy or inexpensive to implement programs aimed at removing them to the wild. I'm hoping my city will do this. Will be interested in other thoughts/opinions.

Rosie, in Sugar Hill

bmmalone -- We have deer, bunnies, and...(wait for it)...foxes! I have been really surprised, but this year and last year...in fact, ever since the "Mother's Day Tornado" last year...we have had foxes. I am surprised you have not seen deer before now, in fact. I would've thought they would be pretty common in your area. At least the deer probably won't mess with the astilbe though. :)

P.S. Got my astilbe out this morning...thanks to my hubby but no thanks to some wasps in the compost bins! :(

lzygrdner -- wait a minute...did you say COYOTES?

We have three or four beautiful red foxes around here and way too many coyotes! They tend to travel up the creek, and at dusk just stand on the other side of the creek staring at us. The bats have also returned this year - however, I have not noticed a decrease in mosquitoes yet! Apart from that we have the odd turtle, lots of snakes, chipmunks, squirrels, possum and raccoons - oh, and once we had a black bear! So much for suburbia!

We are right in the historic Marietta Square neighborhood. We have coyotes, raccoons, deer, wild turkey, chipmunks, bunnies, a HUGE groundhog, hawks.... It's fun! bmmalone, where are you? The black bear thing is a little disconcerting!

yes, the bear was a surprise! It was a few years back and he had wandered down the Chattahoochee from up north following his nose for food. the creek at the back of my house leads to the river and Animal Control think he took a left turn somewhere and ended up in our yard and then found his way to Target in Sandy Springs where he was captured. They took him back north and we never saw him again!

bmmalone - sorry about the deer. Truth is, we had too many in our neighborhood so I dropped a couple of them off at your place when we had the swap .... ;)

We've had deer and BEARS in our neighborhood!

Esh - so it WAS you!!!

Sorry...the coyote thing is still blowing my mind...