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2833. Magoseph - 3/30/2005 10:22:07 PM

We had to replace the roof, though.

2834. thoughtful - 3/30/2005 10:50:40 PM

That's good to know...a friend had a similar problem with squirrels in the attic..don't remember how he solved it though.

I love simple common sense solutions like that one though.

Another fellow I worked with was hit with carpenter bees. I'd never heard of them but apparently they can be very destructive on wood houses, like carpenter ants. Here's a shot of the damage they do to wood to make their nests.

2835. arkymalarky - 3/30/2005 11:41:23 PM

You can also pour amonia on your garbage bags if you have a neighborhood dog problem, though I think most people have more secure garbage accommodations than they used to.

2836. arkymalarky - 3/30/2005 11:41:46 PM

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2837. Macnas - 3/31/2005 7:39:22 AM

I think, but I'll have to look it up, that stoats are very closely related to weasels, ermine and mink. All mustelids, if my memory serves me right. I think the badger is among that group as well.

I cannot say as to how bad a stoats odour might be, as I have never been that close to one. But I do know that ferrets, particularly male ferrets (called a hob) can stink to high heaven. We used to keep ferrets when I was a boyeen:



Thats a working albino ferret, about to flush a rabbit to the waiting lurcher. I have thoughts that when I retire I'll rear some and relive my youth.

2838. alistairconnor - 3/31/2005 9:40:44 AM

I saw a ferret the other day, crossing the road. I think it's the first one I've seen.

Though it could have been a stoat. I didn't ask him.

(anyway I can't think of the French for stoat.)

Old but lame :
What's the difference between a weasel and a stoat?

2839. alistairconnor - 3/31/2005 10:13:41 AM

... one of them's weasily distinguished...

... and ...

2840. Ronski - 4/3/2005 4:04:23 AM

The spring thaw:


2841. Ronski - 4/3/2005 3:35:40 PM

That was yesterday. Today, the rain has turned to wet snow.

2842. Ronski - 4/3/2005 4:42:08 PM

The aforementioned wet snow:


2843. jayackroyd - 4/3/2005 4:43:23 PM

And we're playing baseball tonight at 8 pm. Idiots.

2844. Ronski - 4/3/2005 7:08:42 PM

Ground squirrel, in tree.


2845. Magoseph - 4/3/2005 7:43:06 PM


My son just sent this picture, which he took this morning--he has a new program and I haven't learned yet how to resize before transfer to Shutterfly.

2846. alistairConnor - 4/3/2005 10:08:35 PM

... and the other's stoatily different

(in case you were wondering)

2847. Macnas - 4/4/2005 9:31:55 AM

Not really no.

2848. Magoseph - 4/4/2005 10:30:57 AM

In the last picture above, what type of bird is the one in the middle?

2849. Ronski - 4/4/2005 11:56:43 AM

Looks like male house finch.

2850. thoughtful - 4/4/2005 3:17:42 PM

I always have trouble telling the purple finch from the house finch.
Purple

House

2851. ronski - 4/4/2005 3:28:57 PM

The purple has more coloring and deeper coloring. In the photo, the one on the right is clearly a female house finch, which has a broken-striped belly.

The one of the left is harder to discern; maybe a sparrow.

2852. ronski - 4/4/2005 3:29:21 PM

No, I think it too is a female house finch.

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