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

[charliehill]

Hi Ralph,  we have muskrats too but this nutria is some sort of South 
American critter that got into Lousiana somehow and spread out.  It's up 
here in coastal NC now and who knows where else.

BTW Ralph, PLEASE shut your door.  We've had enough of that cold Canadian 
air down here for a while!
grins

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
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Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] New things was: The last question I had on my listfor 
December.


>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rob Wilson" <ro.wilson at att.net>
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> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 11:43 AM
> Subject: [AT] New things was: The last question I had on my list for
> December.
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>
>> 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.
>
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