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The critters are populating western NY
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Posted by penny1947 z6 WNY (My Page) on Tue, May 5, 09 at 7:06
| I have seen 3 coyotes now here in western NY. The latest siting was yesterday evening, May 4th. I was coming home on Niagara Falls Blvd near the entrance to Ellicott Creek park and one ran right across the blvd to the bike path. It litterally stopped traffic on the blvd. as people stopped to look at it. The other sitings have been in my yard off the blvd. This is the first time I have seen one at this time of the day in a heavily populated area. A couple of weeks ago an idiot was bitten by a coyote on a street that borders the canal when he tried to feed it (not smart). Urban sprawl is forcing the wildlife out of their element and into ours.
Penny |
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RE: The critters are populating western NY
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| I've seen a fox several times around my house. He skulks about the edge of the woods. Much evidence of the rabbits, since they are eating things the deer usually ignore - sedums, etc. %$#%#&^$^&$%!@ rabbits! I now see tons of voles - fortunately dead voles since my cats have been catching them, but not eating them. Wished they got them in the winter before they decimated the front garden. They hide under the snow and feed until they're fat! |
RE: The critters are populating western NY
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GG
I have one of those Tom Cat multi catch traps for voles. One winter we had six in there. We didn't find them until spring when the snow melted. The best thing I found to deter them in beds is ground oyster shell or turkey/chicken grit from a feed store mixed into the soil. It also improves soil drainage if your soil is compacted Also one year I made up a 5 gallon bucket of hot sauce and hot water and soaked the bed with this mixture...no more voles and it didn't hurt the plants. Penny |
RE: The critters are populating western NY
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| At this point I'll try anything! Last year I got two of those Tom Cat traps, put them out in the spring, checked them in the fall. WOW!! They really work!! One had probably 20 in it and another 10 or 15. (hard to tell since all that's left is little feet :-O ) Unfortunately I did not have them in my front garden where they went to town. I just bought a few more of those since they were so effective. |
RE: The critters are populating western NY
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| They have been the best traps that I have found. I started out with snap traps and the squirrels ran off with all of them and I found them torn apart in my neighbor's yard LOL! Penny |
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