Back yard critters

[Avenger]

or which one is pole vaulting over the cages......................

I know everyone is hanging on this, so let me get this out right niw.

I'm reviewing the video (BTW, if you want to make watching congressional hearings spellbinding, try reviewing surveillance video) so far I've found one visit from Hopkins at 2:00 am-ish where he was aimed at the fortifications:

Then early in the am he was chased from under Mrs. Avenger's car by passing vehicles in the street, but he just bolted past the metal greenhouse.

There was a tree rat on the chain link fence, but probably just transiting. More analysis is needed. Likely a lot of caffeine as well.

Because surveillance video.

Updates as events warrant.

 

[Roccus7]

I know everyone is hanging on this, so let me get this out right niw.

I'm reviewing the video (BTW, if you want to make watching congressional hearings spellbinding, try reviewing surveillance video) so far I've found one visit from Hopkins at 2:00 am-ish where he was aimed at the fortifications:

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Then early in the am he was chased from under Mrs. Avenger's car by passing vehicles in the street, but he just bolted past the metal greenhouse.

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There was a tree rat on the chain link fence, but probably just transiting. More analysis is needed. Likely a lot of caffeine as well.

Because surveillance video.

Updates as events warrant.

My initial reaction to your problem was tree rats, as both their red-headed (red squirrels), and Disney cousins (chipmunks) would love to nosh on my tomatoes and pumpkins here.

 

[wader]

I know everyone is hanging on this, so let me get this out right niw.

I'm reviewing the video (BTW, if you want to make watching congressional hearings spellbinding, try reviewing surveillance video) so far I've found one visit from Hopkins at 2:00 am-ish where he was aimed at the fortifications:

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Then early in the am he was chased from under Mrs. Avenger's car by passing vehicles in the street, but he just bolted past the metal greenhouse.

View attachment 104047

View attachment 104048

There was a tree rat on the chain link fence, but probably just transiting. More analysis is needed. Likely a lot of caffeine as well.

Because surveillance video.

Updates as events warrant.

I told ya - bologna & antifreeze was the way to go...

 

[Avenger]

My initial reaction to your problem was tree rats, as both their red-headed (red squirrels), and Disney cousins (chipmunks) would love to nosh on my tomatoes and pumpkins here.

Final report on tomato predation.

I finished painting a couple of pieces of wood that were for odd projects. I mention this because it worked to my advantage whenever I started to go cross-eyed from watching surveillance video I could get a mental pick-me-up by watching the paint dry.

My first inclination was tree-rats also, and it's starting to look like we weren't entirely off the mark. It appears to be a group effort, since this critter came a knocking:

So a round of antifreeze and baloney sandwiches for everyone.

Or, I'll just keep the tomahtoes penned in.

Still an awful lot if work for something I don't eat. Kind of like fishing.