May 24, 2018 Squirrel, rabbit and hummer report

Lots happening.  Debbie loaned us their trap and we have relocated 8 squirrels.  Tom said, "If I'd known how well this would gone, I would have thought of another way of disposing them."

The only problem is that every time Tom takes one of the squirrels somewhere, he goes shopping!
It had rained all weekend so the squirrels were not to be seen.  On Monday morning, a beautiful day, I was working in my summer office and noticed the squirrels would be running over from Paula's house, mouth filled with a peanut.  Or they'd eat on on the fence, go get more then come into the garden and start burying the peanuts in the pots or wherever.  As I have told people, squirrels are not in their natural habitat being fed costco peanuts on someone's deck. They have eaten the sprinkler hose, chewed the planter boxes, dug up bulbs and dug around annuals, causing them to fall over!

On Wednesday (the 23th), Tom mentioned that he did not want to trap a squirrel while we'd be in C. Springs for the day.  However, it was in the garden Tuesday night. Tom went to get the trap to put it near the house and as he was walking back to the deck, I could see him smiling. We had another one. We put this one, in the trap, in the trunk of his car and drove it to Glen Eyrie.

We came home that afternoon and quickly trapped two more!  They seem to like peanut butter on saltine crackers.

Meanwhile, the rabbits are still a huge problem.  At dusk on Monday night, 3 of them were lounging in the Rowe's and our front yard.  I went for a walk and saw a baby rabbit. When we got home at 4pm on Wednesday, there was a baby rabbit in the yard. I chased him all over and he could not get out but then he found a place to squeeze through at the corner of the Doe's and Rowe's fences.  Scream.

We blocked that up.

Then for the fun part of the day.  So I really love the view on my deck each morning and sitting having breakfast, reading in the late afternoon. It's not too hot yet. 

Wednesday night I was sitting here on the deck and it was a perfect evening. 75 degrees. no bugs at all. I wish Tom I looked at my hummingbird feeder.  We've Never had a hummingbird in our garden. I looked at it and said, "Oh Lord, it would be just perfect if a hummingbird visited me."  I am not kidding.  10 minutes later the very first hummingbird arrived. I got a picture and stumbled a bit with video.  I sent the picture to Ron and Susan because Ron is a bird expert and he said it was a hummer, broad-tailed. 

So I was rejoicing in that. Then a BIG rabbit appeared. I thought, "How did he ever get in with all the chicken wire?"  I got up to chase it out and he went barreling to the back fence and I thought he is going to crash. But he got through a small crack. I mean, it was like he was rubber rabbit or something. Unbelievable.