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There is a great article in Friday’s (2/21) Calaveras Enterprise titled “Residents look to control Bear Valley’s destiny”. To quote the article, “Bear Valley Mtn COOP was formed to give people in the area an opportunity to take control of their own destiny by providing a way to purchase the resort’s assets, including the extensive infrastructure on the mtn. leased from the U.S. Forest Service”. There is much more in the article. If interested, go to their website,
bvmcoop.org, scroll down to get the latest updates on bvmcoop.org. You then need to put in your email to get periodic updates, and it is free.Some people came by looking for the owner of a Welsh Corgi. I didn’t get their phone number but they are at 5313 Midoo Way. Please contact them if this is your dog or you know whose dog it is. See photo.
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You can report a dead bird online here:
http://www.westnile.ca.gov/report_wnv.php
I think I would report it just to be safe.
We’ve never seen a hawk up here, either We were able to identify it as a Cooper’s Hawk. We have had 4 birds fly into the windows over the 11 years we’ve been here, but no hawks. We were concerned if it might have been diseased…
I am actually surprised that a hawk would be in the woods so to speak since they seem to like hanging out at a height and scanning open ground for food. I wonder if there was something else going on that led this bird in there? I have seen more hawks around, along the highway, light poles at shopping centers, telephone wires, etc.
We’ve had several birds fly into our 2nd story widow. The window is ~ 4’H x 3’W. During the day the window ‘mirrors’ the sky and the birds think the window is a continuation of the sky. Our solution was to place a wind sock in front of the window. The sock is a multi-colored fish design that looks attractive and, so far, has kept birds from flying into the window. The windsock was purchased from Amazon: “In the Breeze 60″ Rainbow Scales Fish Windsock”. Cost was ~ $20.
JohnM
We’ve never had a hawk fly into a window, but we did have a band-tailed pigeon do it. It left a perfect image on the window.
Woke up this AM and discovered a dead hawk on the backside of our cabin. The body doesn’t look as if it’s been attacked. It is about 5 feet from the cabin and directly across from a window. Has anyone else had a hawk fly into a window? We are concerned about disease? We’ve had some smaller birds hit a window but not something this big.
Found some info here:
http://www.foothillpest.com/technical-pages/insects-and-related-pests/pine-tree-ants/Thanks Kuma, all our power, cable and phone come in underground… good investment by original builder / owner.
you may need to check overhead wires. If I recall right my Sister had issues and they found them using the phone lines from above and getting into her place that way
Have you ever had to deal with an infestation of pine ants (not carpenter ants). They look like regular small black ants, but have a potent pine smell when squished. From what I’ve read, they like to nest in the foam insulation commonly used in open beam ceilings.
Even though we have Clark Pest Control come out and spray regularly, somehow these nasty critters found a way in. What a PITA!@phabib – That sounds about right. Since access to ours is under ground, we’ll probably wait until it becomes a necessity and then have risers with lids put on at the same time we have it pumped.
