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<DIV>Sherman</DI ------=_Part_1804_27227002.1211377188241 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Crows do this in my yard but raccoons do it even more. The raccoons have figured out how to roll up the sod like they were going to harvest it. On 5/21/08, Ken MacAulay <kenmacaulay@eastlink.ca> wrote: > > I had a similar experience here in Port Mouton several years ago. Despite > much local opinion that skunks or raccoons were to blame, the culprit > turned > out to be crows. This went on for weeks, the minute I left for work until > I > got home and there was a presence in the yard. Very aggravating! They > were > presumably doing me a favour by eating June Bug and leather jacket > (daddy/jenny long legs?) larvae. I noticed also that if I cut the grass > and > left any larger pile of clippings which turned brown before being picked > up, > this caught the crows attention and they immediately dug up the area, > presumably thinking that bug larvae underneath had killed the grass and a > feast was waiting. > Ken MacAulay > Port Mouton, NS > +8 C, rain > > ------=_Part_1804_27227002.1211377188241 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div>Crows do this in my yard but raccoons do it even more. The raccoons have figured out how to roll up the sod like they were going to harvest it.</div> <div> </div> <div><br><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/21/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ken MacAulay</b> <kenmacaulay@eastlink.ca> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I had a similar experience here in Port Mouton several years ago. Despite<br>much local opinion that skunks or raccoons were to blame, the culprit turned<br> out to be crows. This went on for weeks, the minute I left for work until I<br>got home and there was a presence in the yard. Very aggravating! They were<br>presumably doing me a favour by eating June Bug and leather jacket<br> (daddy/jenny long legs?) larvae. I noticed also that if I cut the grass and<br>left any larger pile of clippings which turned brown before being picked up,<br>this caught the crows attention and they immediately dug up the area,<br> presumably thinking that bug larvae underneath had killed the grass and a<br>feast was waiting.<br>Ken MacAulay<br>Port Mouton, NS<br>+8 C, rain<br><br></blockquote></div><br> ------=_Part_1804_27227002.1211377188241--
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