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I NOTICED that there are a couple of holes in my front yard.
I WONDERED WHAT they were and HOW they got there.
I found a couple different ways to SEEK out answers: ONE, I deducted that the holes were probably a den or part of a tunnel. TWO: I measured them and discovered that they were too large for a mouse, so I guessed they might be big enough for a rat, or maybe a rabbit. The hole was too small to be a groundhog. THREE, I looked online for more information about rats and rabbits. FOUR: I asked my neighbor if they'd seen anything come out of the holes. She told me they have a security camera and she has seen opossums coming from my front yard, and crossing her driveway to get to the yard on the other side of their house.
I haven't finished investigating yet, so I can't share my conclusions. I thought about some technology I could use - maybe getting my own security camera and aiming it on the holes. Or, I could call an expert in opossums and ask them what might be ways I can tell if the holes are from opossums. Since I live on a street with lots of traffic, it might not be safe for an opossum family to live in my front yard, so I could contact people who help to rescue and relocate them to a safer area, like the woods. They would likely use traps and bait. Now I have even more questions... what would be good opossum bait? Has anybody ever put a tracker on an opossum to find out what they eat, where they live? hmmm....