[AT] New things was: The last question I had on my list for December.

[Ralph Goff]

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From: "Rob Wilson" <ro.wilson at att.net>
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Subject: [AT] New things was: The last question I had on my list for 
December.


> One thing that has recently become very common is coyotes. We never saw 
> one
> ever and now it's not too uncommon to see one even in broad daylight 
> running
> across the road or cutting across a cleared field.
> Rob

We have always had coyotes here, at least for longer than I can remember. In 
recent years they have become so numerous and preying on sheep farms that 
there is a bounty on them now. I think 20 dollars a head. Like any critter, 
a few are ok but over population leads to problems. Getting close to that 
with white tail deer too. My yard is like a deer highway some nights 
although I rarely see the deer, just their tracks.
Charlie, the Nutria you refer to sound similar to our muskrats. They will 
tunnel out from the waters edge too and it can make a real machinery trap in 
a wet year.

Ralph in Sask.