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Something odd I've noticed...
...due to the construction happening in and around my house for the last two months (and gonna be going on for the next several) all the neighborhood squirrels have disappeared.
It only struck me when my Magnolia tree kept its flowers for more than a day. Usually, there are buds, the buds bloom, and the tree is denuded of blossoms in about a day. The squirrels pick off the flowers one by one and eat the inside part, dropping the petals to the ground. Must be quite the feast, because I've watched them do it fast in other years.
This year? The magnolia burst into flower and stayed that way for a long time (nearly a month!) before the wind naturally took the petals off the tree. So I guess the constant low vibration of the ground for *hours* every day has had an interesting side effect.
I wonder if the groundhog and all the rabbits found new digs, too?
...due to the construction happening in and around my house for the last two months (and gonna be going on for the next several) all the neighborhood squirrels have disappeared.
It only struck me when my Magnolia tree kept its flowers for more than a day. Usually, there are buds, the buds bloom, and the tree is denuded of blossoms in about a day. The squirrels pick off the flowers one by one and eat the inside part, dropping the petals to the ground. Must be quite the feast, because I've watched them do it fast in other years.
This year? The magnolia burst into flower and stayed that way for a long time (nearly a month!) before the wind naturally took the petals off the tree. So I guess the constant low vibration of the ground for *hours* every day has had an interesting side effect.
I wonder if the groundhog and all the rabbits found new digs, too?
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Of course I can say that since they aren't hanging out in my front yard.
Hmmmm...squirrels no likie the vibration. Interesting. I would think groundhogs wouldn't object unduly. I've seen the suckers foraging calmly next to a four lane highway. So maybe they get used to it.