Back yard critters

[Roccus7]

I have a possum in the shed, squirrel ripped a loose soffit down and then a loose facer board from under the roof. The possum evicted the squirrel and I will evict the possum and seal it up today Or Monday.

I did not see how bad it was since its in the back, overdue critter eviction imminent

Be wewy, wewy quiet, Jack is hunting possums!!!

 

[Roccus7]

These foggy/dewy late summer mornings show some great spider webs. This morning there were some interesting ones made by some very ambitious spiders.

Here's one 3 ft above the ground:

Here's another:

That's nothing great, BUT you have to see that it's 10' above the ground, a large-scale project.

 

[Roccus7]

Been sitting here for the past 10 minutes watching a Mama grey squirrel moving house. She's been scurrying past me with a decent sized baby squirrel in her mouth heading into the woods, only to come back the other way empty mouthed. She's repeated this 5 times. Wonder if she and her family got evicted???

 

[Chevy1]

A customer just asked me if I remove snakes, she had one in the pool yesterday.I said no. Then I start working in the front yard and found a good size one so I’m moving him around the block into the sump

 

[WhatKnot]

A customer just asked me if I remove snakes, she had one in the pool yesterday.I said no. Then I start working in the front yard and found a good size one so I’m moving him around the block into the sumpView attachment 23965

You can’t do something with on theBBQ?

 

[BennyV]

A customer just asked me if I remove snakes, she had one in the pool yesterday.I said no. Then I start working in the front yard and found a good size one so I’m moving him around the block into the sumpView attachment 23965

Handsome devil. You ain’t bad either. Lolol

 

[Chevy1]

You can’t do something with on theBBQ?

I thought about it I can’t lie ?

 

[wader]

You can’t do something with on theBBQ?

it probably never made it to the sump.................

 

[WhatKnot]

Astoria has wild life; this critter is perched on the railing around our water tower. When he/she is there the Crows and Pigeons disappear. Maybe some kind of Falcon? Photo is the best I could do trying to enhance an iPhone picture.

 

[Avenger]

So maybe I've got an Uber Predator, or it could just be suburbia.

We just had to dispose of a decapitated squirrel. And let me tell you, that smell.

Now, I would ordinarily just @$$ume a loose cat, since I'm on the south shore of Long Island and the biggest thing that usually roams here is possums and raccoons. But today while I was firing up the grill I met a squirrel that clearly had a broken back. It was dragging it's hindquarters and unfortunately not to shy of humans.

So, does anybody have any suggestions? Do we think it's coincidence, or is there a more significant predator at work here?

And what kind of trap should I be using?

 

[Roccus7]

So maybe I've got an Uber Predator, or it could just be suburbia.

We just had to dispose of a decapitated squirrel. And let me tell you, that smell.

Now, I would ordinarily just @$$ume a loose cat, since I'm on the south shore of Long Island and the biggest thing that usually roams here is possums and raccoons. But today while I was firing up the grill I met a squirrel that clearly had a broken back. It was dragging it's hindquarters and unfortunately not to shy of humans.

So, does anybody have any suggestions? Do we think it's coincidence, or is there a more significant predator at work here?

And what kind of trap should I be using?

No head is cat for sure. Coyote would have eaten the whole thing, as well as a dog...

 

[cany]

So maybe I've got an Uber Predator, or it could just be suburbia.

We just had to dispose of a decapitated squirrel. And let me tell you, that smell.

Now, I would ordinarily just @$$ume a loose cat, since I'm on the south shore of Long Island and the biggest thing that usually roams here is possums and raccoons. But today while I was firing up the grill I met a squirrel that clearly had a broken back. It was dragging it's hindquarters and unfortunately not to shy of humans.

So, does anybody have any suggestions? Do we think it's coincidence, or is there a more significant predator at work here?

And what kind of trap should I be using?

Dont know of anything here that would do that as far as the squirrel Id say run over by a car had a baby coon here yrs ago ass end end was flat and it came up to us as it was looking for help

 

[CELLFISH]

No head is cat for sure. Coyote would have eaten the whole thing, as well as a dog...

Stationed at da waterfront, a street cat brought back a headless large rat to feed her kits... she had some fresh cuts on her head... cellie...

 

[Avenger]

No head is cat for sure. Coyote would have eaten the whole thing, as well as a dog...

We used to have a number of stray cats around. Now I think there's just one and I rarely see it anymore, so I kind of disregarded that idea. Looks like I need to up my surveillance game.

Dont know of anything here that would do that as far as the squirrel Id say run over by a car had a baby coon here yrs ago ass end end was flat and it came up to us as it was looking for help

We were just discussing that possibility too. That's pretty likely and probably just pure coincidence that they happened around the same time. It's too bad we don't have the option around here to just shoot the poor thing. It's only going to starve to death, or buy the farm at the paws of that cat.

Thanks for the input everybody. I guess I'll have to start looking for a cat trap.

 

[Avenger]

Sure enough, walk out my back door this morning and there's one of those stray cats that I hadn't seen in months. I guess the population persists.

 

[Chevy1]

Bumble bee on one of my Sedum( live for Evers) I thought he was dead, but no. I pet him and he rolled over. That was a hour ago, just checked he’s back in the upright position sleeping. He’s in a nectar coma????

 

[Roccus7]

Bumble bee on one of my Sedum( live for Evers) I thought he was dead, but no. I pet him and he rolled over. That was a hour ago, just checked he’s back in the upright position sleeping. He’s in a nectar coma????View attachment 24445View attachment 24446

Mike: The Bumble Bee Whisperer...

 

[CELLFISH]

Sure enough, walk out my back door this morning and there's one of those stray cats that I hadn't seen in months. I guess the population persists.

Feral Catz cauz a lot of damage... cellie...

 

[Avenger]

Feral Catz cauz a lot of damage... cellie...

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Sounds about right. The one I saw this morning has been spotted in the past, grocery shopping at the local curbs on garbage day.

Looks like it's time to do a little grocery shopping myself.

 

[Roccus7]

Looks like it's time to do a little grocery shopping myself.

I hear that Wuhan Wok Kitty is quite tasty!!