I'm a retired educator (teacher/principal) who moved from Northern California to Payson, Arizona in September, 2010.
This blog will chronicle my adventures as I explore a different ecosystem and build my new home.

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Buster Still Hunts

We have a yard with a six foot fence and it seemed there was not much "wildlife" in it. We thought the cats would be bored.....no mice, rats, etc. to hunt. Well, Buster proved us wrong as he caught a ground squirrel today and proudly brought it home.
I did feel sorry for the squirrel....cute little guy. But the pleased look on Buster's face kinda made it worthwhile.
One of our neighbors said that he used to use a live squirrel trap and catch the squirrels in his yard and then relocate them. Apparently the squirrels wreck havoc in flower or vegetable gardens. But now he says he just traps them as there are too many of them to worry about trying to save them. Sad...but maybe they have overpopulated this area.

2 comments:

  1. Hi,

    Love the photos and updates on your current activities! Have you considered re-naming your kitty Buster as "Buster Posie" which is the new SF Giants Baseball player phenomenon!

    But, perhaps you’re now Arizona Diamondbacks Fans? ?? Let us know!

    Anyway, Congrats on such a fantastic new start!

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  2. Especially love this posting as all three of our kids grew up hearing cat "tales" in their assembly time at MES. They use to come home and tell Doug and I "do you know what Ms. Casella's cat did...."
    Love hearing all about your adventures so far! Miss You! My best to you and Randy!

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