Thirty two degrees with intermittent icy rain and snow. Strategically placed heaters are doing a good job of keeping pipes from freezing. All is well, but it is cold out here with icy rain and snow falling.
The cluster flies are back, but seem to limit invasion to Unk's room. These two photos show a 4 day collection on the two window sills in Unk's room. They die fast, because I vacuumed up a ton of dead ones when I first got here, and 4 days later vacuumed up this batch - all but about 2 were dead.
Kay and I went to Springfield and searched the Mount Vernon Pioneer Cemetery for Edwin Moneta's marker. No luck this time, but we will try again.
I heard the coyotes up close and personal last night. Then this morning I found fresh scat. Coyote or local dog? When I moved it off of the road the inside was pumpkin colored.
Oil? Didn't appear to be a roof leak.
Sorry this is sideways. Only one of the garage doors had water coming in under the door.
Could this be the cause?
You can see the dampness under the door edge. It didn't seem to be coming from the ground. Maybe somebody opened the door and the rain simply ran off of the open door?
Rain has come in from the windows. No surprise there.
What nocturnal animal would disturb a yellow jacket nest?
Asked July 2, 2013, 2:06 PM EDT
Found a yellow jacket nest in the ground coming out of a plant. The next day, there was a hole where the nest was, most yellow jackets were gone, with a few misplaced. This client was wondering what type of nocturnal animal would dig up a nest and eat the bees?
Clackamas County Oregon wildlife damage management
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Hello and thank you for your question.
Given your description, my first guess is that a skunk dug up the nest. Skunks are well known for nocturnal raids on domestic bee hives. They "roll" the individual bees beneath their palms to subdue them and then can consume them. I can imagine the same set of behaviors working well for yellow jackets slowed by nighttime temperatures. So skunk is my first guess. If tracks are still evident, we could try to ID that way as well.