Bill,

Funny Ya here all about man displacing animals, but I understand there are 3 times more raccoons living inside city limits than out. If you move into a forest, all the critters move into you house. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> I know for a fact that there are wood rat nests and bird nests and many different creatures that live inside, under an under the shingles of my house. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> The bats in the yard at dusk live under my shingles. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

Theres a broken rock wall 30 feet behind my house thats home to many more creatures including a huge raccoon that we've seen 3 times. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> They all drink at our stream or pond. Besides being in a major bird flyway, we have bald eagles and osprey and great horned owls. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> We also have tree squirrels, ground squirrels, chipmunks, pikas, voles, skunks, wood rats, and deer. Further up [the mtn] are cougar, turkey, coyotes, and elk. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Jim <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />
p.s. whatever it was it won't come back soon. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />