Comments on: I spy with my little eye… http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/i-spy-with-my-little-eye/ The trials and tribulations of a modern crofter Fri, 16 May 2008 05:21:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: mummys little angel http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/i-spy-with-my-little-eye/#comment-19014 mummys little angel Tue, 06 May 2008 11:31:08 +0000 http://stonehead.wordpress.com/?p=2722#comment-19014 the swifts have arrived here today too! the swifts have arrived here today too!

]]> By: H http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/i-spy-with-my-little-eye/#comment-18930 H Sun, 04 May 2008 22:19:32 +0000 http://stonehead.wordpress.com/?p=2722#comment-18930 I used to trap ours too; they stopped getting in once the house was finished and we managed to get a carpet down, covering all points of entry in the floorboards. I used to trap ours too; they stopped getting in once the house was finished and we managed to get a carpet down, covering all points of entry in the floorboards.

]]> By: Stonehead http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/i-spy-with-my-little-eye/#comment-18929 Stonehead Sun, 04 May 2008 21:13:00 +0000 http://stonehead.wordpress.com/?p=2722#comment-18929 The swallows arrived this morning—much later than last year when they arrived unseasonably early. The swallows arrived this morning—much later than last year when they arrived unseasonably early.

]]> By: suburbanlife http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/i-spy-with-my-little-eye/#comment-18927 suburbanlife Sun, 04 May 2008 21:02:42 +0000 http://stonehead.wordpress.com/?p=2722#comment-18927 Amazing camouflage this little critter has. Great photo. Many years back we bought a Hibachi which came equipped with a family of mice. The mom whisked the babies into the unused fireplace, well behind the screen to keep the cats away. We did trap and take the lot to a nearby field to make their natural home. G Amazing camouflage this little critter has. Great photo. Many years back we bought a Hibachi which came equipped with a family of mice. The mom whisked the babies into the unused fireplace, well behind the screen to keep the cats away. We did trap and take the lot to a nearby field to make their natural home. G

]]> By: AussieJ http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/i-spy-with-my-little-eye/#comment-18918 AussieJ Sun, 04 May 2008 11:15:35 +0000 http://stonehead.wordpress.com/?p=2722#comment-18918 They can be pests, even though they are cute little fellows. We have them in our house walls and roof at present. Today was spent lifting some iron sheeting off the roof and clearing out the homes they had set up in the insulation. Then some bait was enclosed inside the roof. The Mini Foxies also hunt them under the house and around the sheds and that keeps them down. They can be pests, even though they are cute little fellows. We have them in our house walls and roof at present. Today was spent lifting some iron sheeting off the roof and clearing out the homes they had set up in the insulation. Then some bait was enclosed inside the roof.

The Mini Foxies also hunt them under the house and around the sheds and that keeps them down.

]]> By: Stonehead http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/i-spy-with-my-little-eye/#comment-18915 Stonehead Sun, 04 May 2008 08:20:06 +0000 http://stonehead.wordpress.com/?p=2722#comment-18915 I don't mind forest mice living out under the trees and hedges, in their niche as it were. But if they come into the outbuildings or the house, then they get trapped and baited. The Wee 'Un's favourite creature find was a shrew that he discovered last year, although he's quite fond of frogs and toads, too. I don’t mind forest mice living out under the trees and hedges, in their niche as it were. But if they come into the outbuildings or the house, then they get trapped and baited.

The Wee ‘Un’s favourite creature find was a shrew that he discovered last year, although he’s quite fond of frogs and toads, too.

]]> By: H http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/i-spy-with-my-little-eye/#comment-18913 H Sun, 04 May 2008 07:21:02 +0000 http://stonehead.wordpress.com/?p=2722#comment-18913 I miss the mice that used to get into our kitchen, even if they did eat my lunch one night. My fault for forgetting to put it away properly. Years ago we replaced our cooker as two of the plates had died; when we dragged it out there was a very stiff mouse entangled in the wiring. I miss the mice that used to get into our kitchen, even if they did eat my lunch one night. My fault for forgetting to put it away properly.

Years ago we replaced our cooker as two of the plates had died; when we dragged it out there was a very stiff mouse entangled in the wiring.

]]> By: mummys little angel http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/i-spy-with-my-little-eye/#comment-18912 mummys little angel Sun, 04 May 2008 07:13:54 +0000 http://stonehead.wordpress.com/?p=2722#comment-18912 Certainly looks like a woodmouse...it's tiny! Certainly looks like a woodmouse…it’s tiny!

]]> By: Deborah http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/i-spy-with-my-little-eye/#comment-18911 Deborah Sun, 04 May 2008 05:29:09 +0000 http://stonehead.wordpress.com/?p=2722#comment-18911 I think they are so sweet to look at. I feel a bit different when they are round my food though, there they either get trapped and evicted or they are fair game for the cats, and I'm not too happy with the one that's eaten into the best of my single mattresses and judging by the stain has died in there. I think they are so sweet to look at. I feel a bit different when they are round my food though, there they either get trapped and evicted or they are fair game for the cats, and I’m not too happy with the one that’s eaten into the best of my single mattresses and judging by the stain has died in there.

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