Re: Neighbors

Poppy - San Francisco Bay Area at GoldenStatePoppy@xxxxxxx wrote

> I live in a suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area. We also have a great
> deal of wildlife.


> As noted, we have so many deer that they are a
> driving hazard.

This is not wildlife. Your deer ar an artificially large population caused
by human's provision of a grassy buffet of tender greens, and the removal
of the natural enemies of the deer, like wolves.


> They drive homeowners nuts because they eat plantings.

If you provide a buffet, diners will come. We have the same problem. Even
deer-resistant plants are pulled out of the ground, and left uneaten.


> We have racoons, porcupines, foxes and some sightings of wildcats.
> All of these animals have learned to live with humans.


And the ones that havn't learned to live with humans stealing their habitat
have been extinguished.

> Around here the
> raccoons are the biggest bother since they dig up the lawns during the
> night for grubs. The workers put them back during the day only to have
> them dug up again the next night.

American's fixation with lawns is a mental disease. The only reason lawns
became a status symbol was that English estates wanted to send the message
that they were so rich, that they had land that wasn't needed for grazing.


> We have a variety of birds, although
> the black crows try to drive other birds away.

I've seen crows getting their butts kicked by much smaller birds defending
their nests & young.

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