[NatureNS] rats! etc., Wolfville

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From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:20:21 -0400
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NOV. 28, 2012 - To my entourage at the feeders, add 7 mourning doves,  
a male flicker (eating peanuts & suet & bird pie), and a male downy  
woodpecker (eating suet & bird pie).

And, unfortunately, add a large, very wary Norway rat!  But then I  
noticed more than one rat there, and now I know I have a big mother  
rat with at least two half-grown youngsters!

Worse, adjacent to our feeders is a nice burrow system dug out a few  
years ago by rats and red squirrels and chipmunks.  I guess it's time  
in the Spring to move all my feeders away from those burrows!

Cheers (?) from Jim in Wolfville.
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Roman"><b>NOV. 28, 2012</b> - To my entourage at the feeders, add 7<b> =
mourning doves</b>, a male <b>flicker</b> (eating peanuts &amp; suet =
&amp; bird pie),<b> </b>and a male <b>downy woodpecker </b>(eating suet =
&amp; bird pie).&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
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0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Times New =
Roman" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Times New Roman">And, =
unfortunately, add a large, very wary <b>Norway rat</b>!&nbsp; But then =
I noticed more than one rat there, and now I know I have a big mother =
rat with at least two half-grown youngsters!</font></div><div =
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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font =
face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Times New =
Roman">Worse, adjacent to our feeders is a nice<b> burrow system</b> dug =
out a few years ago by rats and red squirrels and chipmunks.&nbsp; I =
guess it's time in the Spring to move all my feeders away from those =
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style=3D"font: 13.0px Times New Roman">Cheers (?) from Jim in =
Wolfville.</font></div>
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