Hi all, I always forget how bold and heavy your grey American squirrels are - our European reds are complete feathers in the wind compared to yours. As for being destructive: the most annoying thing they do is hiding walnuts in my bigger plant containers - with a walnut tree on my neighbors ground they never resorted to bulbs - let's hope they stay with that diet. For closely settled Germany, the cats do a good job keeping mice and rats at bay. Raccoons do exist (some mad hunters set them free in the 1930s )but I haven't seen one yet - time to get one of those cameras I guess, because I'm almost sure they are around, but no trouble for now. So, for me the most wildlife related losses are birds causing collateral damage when digging for stuff (and clipping off Asarum flowers? what for???) and of course my deeply hated slugs. stay safe! Martin ---------------------------------------------- Southern Germany Likely zone 7a -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: DSCF0702.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 321073 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>