I have a live cage. Then they go to the woods far away. Skunks are the worst. This year I've caught over 30 opossums. Five raccons. Three skunks. I have to call the critter guy for the Skunks. Don't know what he does with them. I don't ask. I have had my cat tails looking just like your Iris. You have to do something, or the whole family shows up, and they "will" destroy everything. Good luck!

"k" wrote in message oups.com...
Woke up this morning to this
http://tinyurl.com/2wjjlt

This is what the island normally looks like
http://tinyurl.com/39e6n3

The labradors shot out the door and went on a sniff
frenzy. To me, the damage and the sniff frenzy, looks
to be raccoon(s). The girls treed three of them this
winter and they never go on a sniff frenzy when the
heron visits.

I do not plan to take any defensive action. Just think it's
interesting to see the interaction of nature in the suburban
backyard.

I'll post the predator hints on another thread for those folks who can
use them. Jan and I did a bit of revising on them.

k :-)