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Our wildlife category would not be complete without a photo of one of the busiest and most destructive pests in town--the mole. I'm no expert on the various types of digging rodents but you can read all you want to know here. It is amazing how quickly they can dig out pretty big piles of dirt in your lawn or flower bed. Here are two that popped up overnight--opposite ends of the same tunnel?
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That looks like a little air hole in the middle! I haven't had this problem yet but does anyone else have squirrels eating their pumpkins?
Posted by: Anne | October 29, 2012 at 02:30 PM
Go to Wisnom's and get those sonar sticks you pound in the ground. They really work, and without using poison-- you need a couple of them so the sound waves cover the problem area. 'Takes a few weeks, but then they are gone for good. We only needed them once, and they've never returned. We use the same system for the racoons, but it's a sonar box. It has kept them off our garage and roof, and doesn't seem to bother birds (or squirrels, for that matter).
Posted by: jennifer | October 29, 2012 at 05:40 PM
So you just send them over to your neighbor :-)
Posted by: Anne | October 30, 2012 at 10:51 AM
I think that there would be a few people at the Park dept that could help out with suggestions. Contact the new Head of the Burlingame Park and Rec Dept. 650-558-7330
I do not know who to ask for,but I am sure they something about rodent poisoning.
By the way, did the P&R dept ever replace Jim Skeels, or is Tim Richmond still in charge?
They seemed like very nice gentlemen.
Posted by: Holyroller | October 30, 2012 at 11:20 PM
'Not sure if they were pushed into adjacent properties though I suppose that is possible. None of my neighbors have lawns, which was what they were apparently after.
The critters are going to go where they are most comfortable and have something to eat. Still, I think it is short-sided to poison them. The toxins end up in the food chain through birds and other creatures that feed on the rodents.
Posted by: jennifer | November 02, 2012 at 11:59 AM
How about flooding their holes with a hose? Those sonar sticks have never worked for me. Flooding the hole works, as long as you get the actual tunnel portion. Water is an expensive commodity, but so is my lawn.
Posted by: alittlebird | November 02, 2012 at 03:32 PM
But once they are flooded, they come up from their holes..
Then what do you do?
Those things are scarey looking.
Posted by: Holyroller | November 02, 2012 at 04:24 PM
They are homely little things, it's true. They are quite simple-minded, so if you bother them for a few days (water in their tunnels), they usually move on.
Posted by: Anne | November 02, 2012 at 09:13 PM
Think twice before you grab the poison--
From today's Chron:
http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Toxic-rats-mice-spur-rodenticide-battle-4153464.php
Posted by: jennifer | December 29, 2012 at 01:22 PM