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What caused these swirls in fallen pine needles?
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Posted by ltd123 6A southern Ind (My Page) on Fri, Nov 24, 06 at 21:12
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RE: What caused these swirls in fallen pine needles?
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Could it be deer walking around in it?
Just the wind? |
RE: What caused these swirls in fallen pine needles?
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Probably extraterrestrial in origin. Excuse me while I put another layer of foil on my head...
Actually, I have no idea- someone's idea of a prank? |
RE: What caused these swirls in fallen pine needles?
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| Looks like armadillo to me. They can cover a pretty large area and they're nocturnal, so you're not likely to see them. RW |
RE: What caused these swirls in fallen pine needles?
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| Another layer? Does that mean you already have one layer of foil on your head? lol Skunks will dig too.
It's close to Christmas. If you don't have anything on your list yet, you could ask for a motion activated camera like they sell in the sporting goods section. They're less than $100 at Wal-Mart or try Bass Pro's website. Rootwad - Have you checked out the Ozarks forum yet?
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Here is a link that might be useful: Ozarks Region Gardening Forum
RE: What caused these swirls in fallen pine needles?
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- Posted by ltd123 6A southern Ind (My Page) on
Tue, Nov 28, 06 at 21:53
Wow - what a lot of resourceful ideas..... deer, skunks, extraterrestrials, armadillo, pranksters....
I have never seen an armadillo except on TV. I don't think they like Indiana but a far-roaming armadillo would explain a lot.
Alien life from another planet would be fun but wouldn't there be a scorched circle in the pine needles where their spacecraft landed?
Reading these replies, I was planning to install a camera as suggested and spend a few mights sitting nearby with my head wrapped in foil to see what I could discover. However, I just received a reply from my local county agent who said he is 85 % sure it is squirrels looking through the pine needles for seeds and/or burying acorns in their fall frenzy.
Thanks for the input,
Laura |
RE: What caused these swirls in fallen pine needles?
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| Squirrels are a good probability. They are busy in my yard burying black walnuts. |
RE: What caused these swirls in fallen pine needles?
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| I know there are no armadillos there, but that is exactly what they do. Do you have opossums? |
RE: What caused these swirls in fallen pine needles?
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- Posted by ltd123 6A southern Ind (My Page) on
Thu, Nov 30, 06 at 21:48
Yes - opossums love it here. I was swimming years ago in my pool at night and was shocked to see a possum waddle over, fall or dive into the pool with me and swim to the other side and climb out. That was as strange as the pine swirls!
Laura |
RE: What caused these swirls in fallen pine needles?
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| ET's disguised as squirrels. |
RE: What caused these swirls in fallen pine needles?
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| I am in southern Indiana too, in Orange county. We have a couple of pines, and free range chickens that just love to dig around in the pine needles, leaving areas just like in your picture. |
RE: What caused these swirls in fallen pine needles?
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| Those are fine pictures Laura, and I live in Southern Illinois. The bumper crop of squirrles here, though cute, have dug up my bulbs, the expensive tuberous begonias and even chewed up my lawn furniture cushions at my lake house. They used to stymie me from feeding the woodland birds before I discovered the solution: "Squirrel Season". I invited all my hunting friends to show up and fill their freezers, and so they did. Problem gone. As a boy I used to love squirrel hunting with my Dad, but now I seem to have no stomach for the hunting sport. I'm sort of liking that foil on my head idea, but since I tried it, the aluminum reacted to the steal plate in my head and the people who take care of me had to take my foil and my crayons away. At least the birds like me and my bulbs are safe. 'Tis a mystery, but I agree with others that you have a squirrelly problem. jim |
RE: What caused these swirls in fallen pine needles?
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Maybe turkies do you have any? The tend to be in large flocks so that would explain the large area. Here they tend to roost in the pines and in areas where they roost the needles are all messed up below, can't say I have noticed the circles though more like they are just messed up.
I'll add some foil though while I'm out getting mulch for the blueberries.
Catrina |
RE: What caused these swirls in fallen pine needles?
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| Extraterrestrials disguised as SQUIRRELS! GOOD HEAVENS! 
Never mind putting the foil on your head...
cover your *nuts* with the foil instead!!!! (hope nobody's offended, it's just a joke) Barb in southern Ontario where daughter Hailey names ALL the squirrels in our yard including a new one called "Fudge" who's a lovely chocolate brown.
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