Not much. However, it’s a handy way to make a trail that a coyote doesn’t follow. They follow all the rest. We could really play chess with coyotes by putting up random […]
What Deer Think of Fences
Coyote Laughs Once More
Apparently, one farmer believes this will keep the tricksters out. I don’t know whether to weep at his innocence or applaud his sense of determination and hope. This could be why coyotes […]
Communicating With Deer
Here’s the walking trail above the orchards west of my house in late winter. Notice how the path is as wide as a road, is packed down from human traffic, and is […]
The Karma of Deer
Whatever else 12 foot tall fences are for, they are not to keep deer out of orchards. Here, you can see that the goal is to keep the neighbours out. With their […]
How to Turn the Okanagan Into a Desert
I thought at first this bunchgrass was in such beautiful shape this spring because of a winter of voles fertilizing it while nesting in its thatch. Then I realized that it hasn’t […]
Dogs and Humans: the Showdown
Here’s something cool about dogs. Footprints in the Snow Dogs follow edges. When you’re a dog, you don’t even think about it. You go for boundaries, and you stay there. Since the […]
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