On 6/29/2015 9:58 AM, Mike Lazzari wrote:
So I got a humane trap, and released them .....
We use a different humane way to deal with them ;) Relocation really isn't very humane as they don't know the
territory and may starve or have conflicts with the locals over limited resources.
I know, but figure I'll give 'em a fighting chance. These were amazingly more aggressive than the average squirrel, so
maybe they were able to carve out a niche. Either way, they were no longer destroying feeders and eating up all the bird
food. I also don't have the tools to simply off them, nor are they legal to use in the city.
A big problem around here is do-gooders who feed the wildlife. Really a bad idea.
Ah well, I feed the birds anyway. It's a deal, I feed, they entertain. I'm well aware that in doing so, I create a
larger local population of seed eaters, and If I falter, I'll be killing off birds and putting pressure on nearby areas.
Throws the the natural balance for a loop and you get some bizard results.
Especially at the human urban interface.
Interesting related article down in Mooseville.
<https://www.hcn.org/issues/47.9/janet-kessler-the-urban-coyote-watcher>
Yeah, the ridge behind us is all parkland, mostly wild, and I've seen them there, and one on the road down here in the
houses. More interesting are the cougars that live there. I've seen one within no more than 100 yds of houses. There are
fairly regular reports of police and animal control dealing with them in backyards around the Bay Area.
I'm waiting for the bears, too. That should be interesting. When us European types got here, the lowland interior
valleys and coastal hills were dominated by Grizzlys, so we killed them all off. The black/brown/etc. bears in the
larger mountains on the east and north are smaller, of much milder temperament, and far less dangerous to people. So we
let many of them live. Sure, they'll tear the door off a car with food in it in Yosemite, break in and steal food at
Tahoe but are not a significant danger to people.
But the grizzlys left an ecological niche, and the browns are slowly moving/adapting to fill it. They are already in a
lot of wild areas where they were not 100 years ago, and slowly on the move.
Here a Bear, There a Bear Moose
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