Lyme disease is a bacterial infectionspread to humans from squirrels, mice, or other small mammals by ticks contaminated withBorrelia burgdorferi. It is the most common infection caused by tick bites in the U.S.; so named for the Connecticut town where the disease was first documented and stud...
realized the contribution squirrels had made…too late. A housing subdivision brought with it motorists who, in their hurry to get nowhere fast, ran over all the squirrels. While dredging the stream near the road to help relieve flooding, workers found hundreds of acorns, squirrels favorite food...
The problem is the cat climbs on my roof at night. My roof is flat and it is noisy and wakes me up. I then have a hard time going back to sleep. I tried the gallon water jugs in the yard. I do get up and try to hose the cat, but he has caught on to me. Any suggestions...
I jerry rigged a motion sensor, a strobe light, outdoor speakers and the sprinkler. Not only did it work on cats, dogs,squirrels and yes neighbor kids stealing my strawberries. I set up a camera overlooking ...it's the most funniest video on bad days seeing the reaction being scared...
Another thing—not everyone appreciates the abundant wildlife that accompanies native plantings, meaning mostly insects and birds, but also including squirrels, rabbits, amphibians, spiders, lizards, turtles and other citizens of the untamed world. ...
However, it turned out to be a very positive way of quilting. I used the unabridged audiobook (an excellent reading by Alex Jennings) and simply let the needle go where it wanted. My hands turned my listening into stitches that hinted at shards of ice and snow, the melting water of the...
Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrelsis a partnership project that is working to ensure red squirrels continue to be a part of Scotland’s special native wildlife. While 80% of the UK’s remaining red squirrels are found here, their numbers have fallen drastically in recent decades. ...
There are of course other wild animals that also feed on tender plants and gnaw on trees and shrubs; deer, squirrels, chipmunks, woodchucks, and raccoons are all familiar villains in this drama. But when you see plants chomped off and bark gnawed, with the presence of rabbit fecal pellets ...
One of my favorite images from the book also involves human interaction in nature, in the essay in which the author describes nature’s warning networks, mechanisms that we are largely unaware of on our outings: birds’ alarm cries, squirrels chittering, deer flashing white tails and chuffing...