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Unicellular Fungi
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: South Carolina
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1) Redbelly at the squirrel block
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POM Judge & Official Non Gardener
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Buffalo, NY, USA
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I just watched one deer licking the snow-covered ground around the birdfeeder to find the seed that lands there despite the tray underneath. The four deer who come through this property come from a wooded area at the end of the road and enter more woods behind our condo. They appear to be a family and do come through singly as well. They look very healthy. In other parts of town with alot of residential properties but also woods, there are larger numbers roaming around. Their wooded areas are shrinking drastically because of our development. Many think they should be killed or starved because they are in our way. Don't they deserve to live without us constantly trying to hinder their efforts to stay alive? They are not malicious; they are not dangerous killers; they do not try to hurt us and they are beautiful creatures who are as deserving of life as any other creature. IMO. It will be a long long time before everyone who puts up bird feeders in winter will deal with having them as high as would be necessary to have the mandatory trays underneath be out of the deer's reach. |
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Join Date: Nov 2008
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POM Judge & Official Non Gardener
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Buffalo, NY, USA
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Staff person, you pretty much said what I said, so we agree on that.
I just googled for the "public health/deer" issue and didn't really come up with anything significant. The first item, from Purdue, talked of the horse and deer flies and the nuisance issue, not really any health concerns. http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:vD5BOsXrseUJ:extension.entm.purdue. edu/publications/E-246.pdf+deer+%22public+health%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd= 1&gl=us Here's the google page: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&a...i=&safe=images It would seem to me that a significant health risk would come up at least on the first page of results. Could it be the deer are getting a bad rap from those with hidden agendas? |
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#35 |
POM Judge & Official Non Gardener
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Buffalo, NY, USA
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ps - nitely-nite, at least from this end~
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POM Judge & Official Non Gardener
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Buffalo, NY, USA
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Oh, before I go to bed, deer "herd", it's not UNnatural.
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Join Date: Nov 2008
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Sage, the public health issues are a tremendous cause for concern, well beyond lyme disease. Hold your thought for a little bit and allow the person contacted a chance to respond. I suspect we're all on the same page.
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#38 |
POM Judge & Official Non Gardener
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Buffalo, NY, USA
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Staff, you may want to move this thread, which although a subject needing discussion, seems to now be hijacked from the thread's original intent.
I think it would be appropriate for the staff member to be identified when entering into these discussions with opinions. |
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#39 |
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Join Date: Nov 2008
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The thread doesn't need to be moved. It should be fine here. Discussions stray frequently. This isn't a bad thing.
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Join Date: Nov 2008
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That's fine. Photos of deer were posted. Sincere questions were asked.
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