Critters in the Bird Food

Lately, we've had quite a battle keeping the critters out of our bird food can at night here at our office. It's a metal trash can and we've got a bungie cord holding the lid on, but the rascals keep chewing through the cord. Bill's been baiting two live traps with birdseed and so far he's carried off a fair number of the furry rodents. You'd think he would be making a dent in the population by now, but you'd be wrong, apparently. Bill's taken to calling himself "editor and chief of rodent control."

Speaking of critters, last evening Bill and I saw an anterless deer down the hill behind the office. I thought I could see another one, possibly a young one, just beyond the larger one, but it was pretty dark and hard to make out. We're pretty sure the larger one was a doe, although we have seen several bucks in the area in the past. Bill's getting fired up for hunting season, which is a good thing since the venison is getting low in our freezer.

-Linda Scurlock