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david1

04-12-2011 20:25

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Originally Posted by Eric (Post 954052)

We got grey, black and red .... thousands of them .... and chipmunks ... and coons .... and skunk ... and the odd fox and coyote walk thru the neighbourhood at nite. Seen wolves in the city too, and fishers, and groundhogs ... last week an ambulance transporting to KGH hit a deer .... And this is in the city:eek:

Eric , If you get a wolf in camp , Does someone shoot it ? Or do you just steer clear of it ?

cashman

04-12-2011 20:29

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Originally Posted by Eric (Post 954052)

Coons? i'll have to ponder that un.:D

david1

04-12-2011 20:33

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Never heard of a Fishers ?
Fisherman Well i have seen them .

Michael1954

04-12-2011 20:36

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My only contact with a red squirrel was a stuffed one in the headmaster's office at Western County Junior School, Great Harwood, which I attended between 1961 and 1965.

Eric	04-12-2011 20:49

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Originally Posted by david1 (Post 954059)

Eric , If you get a wolf in camp , Does someone shoot it ? Or do you just steer clear of it ?

No ... wolves are shy ... Ministry of the Environment Ontario is attempting to reintroduce wolves into the area in order to maintain the health of the deer population ... the wolves cull the deer naturally, taking the weak and the sick (and probably the stupid;))

cmonstanley

04-12-2011 20:51

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Originally Posted by cashman (Post 954058)

They will be from accy........run away from the dogs.:D

no it was them pandas:D

Eric	04-12-2011 20:52

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Originally Posted by david1 (Post 954064)

Never heard of a Fishers ?
Fisherman Well i have seen them .

They are dangerous animals ... if they decided to move into the city they will kill cats and dogs ... vicious brutes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher_(animal)

garinda

04-12-2011 20:53

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Last seen local red squirrel.

Accrington, 2007.

Stuffed animals are seized in raid | Accrington Observer - menmedia.co.uk

accyman

05-12-2011 02:34

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theres seems to be this myth that grey squirells are pushing out the red squirells.

this is complete nonsence as its pretty clear that teh grey squirells are obviously the red squirells that have just gotten older ;)

jaysay

05-12-2011 08:23

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 954018)

I don't think we have any red squirrels living in any of the woods locally....they were ejectged by those pesky grey brothers.
The only place I have seen red squirrels is on the Isle of Wight.

Them grey squirrels can be a real pest there's one that robs Joan's bird feeder every day and she lives back to a main road, they're cheeky little blitters:D

Tealeaf

05-12-2011 13:35

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Originally Posted by garinda (Post 954053)

'Another version, “The Little Red Squirrel”, was told by Taimi Boswell at Oswaldtwistle, 2 January 1915. This has the Cymbeline motif of a wager on a wife's chastity.'
Folk narratives - Katharine Mary Briggs - Google Books

Who was Taimi Boswell?

Another search...

If you Google search her name, Taimi Boswell, she's called the 'master Romany story teller'. Especially this tale, The Red Squirrel.

Has anyone else ever heard of her, or her tales?

She was a local politician, well versed in telling fairy tales.

maxthecollie

05-12-2011 17:05

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there are lots of red squirrels at the nature reserve at Formby

DaveinGermany

05-12-2011 19:30

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Originally Posted by Eric (Post 954071)

They are dangerous animals ... if they decided to move into the city they will kill cats and dogs ... vicious brutes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher_(animal)

Part of the Marten family.

Endangered Species: Mountain-Prairie Region: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

accyman

05-12-2011 23:35

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Originally Posted by maxthecollie (Post 954193)

there are lots of red squirrels at the nature reserve at Formby

nope they recently opened a KFC there and mysteriously they have vanished :(

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