Comments for Yips and Howls http://blog.elizabethenslin.com A Writer's Reflections on Nature and Culture Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:07:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Dealing With My Own Sh– by Charlotte http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/07/dealing-with-my-own-sh/comment-page-1/#comment-1322 Charlotte Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:07:25 +0000 http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/?p=3430#comment-1322 Can I ask where you deposit urine? We live on a sailboat and have a composting toilet. I'm always interested in how other people take care of their waste too. Can I ask where you deposit urine? We live on a sailboat and have a composting toilet. I’m always interested in how other people take care of their waste too.

]]> Comment on Chipping Sparrow: Species of the Week by Elizabeth Enslin http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/07/chipping-sparrow-species-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-1319 Elizabeth Enslin Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:23:22 +0000 http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/?p=3246#comment-1319 Troy, sorry I didn't catch your comment earlier. Hopefully, you found someone more experienced than I to help you out. Local wildlife rescuers are the best bet. Troy, sorry I didn’t catch your comment earlier. Hopefully, you found someone more experienced than I to help you out. Local wildlife rescuers are the best bet.

]]> Comment on Nominated for Pushcart Prize by Pushcart award | Jgmindlesss http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2010/03/nominated-for-pushcart-prize/comment-page-1/#comment-1318 Pushcart award | Jgmindlesss Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:50:04 +0000 http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/?p=5315#comment-1318 [...] Nominated for Pushcart PrizeMay 10, 2011 … The Pushcart Prize like many of the award anthologies doesn’t announce winners at a ceremony, preferring to contact individual editors at … [...] [...] Nominated for Pushcart PrizeMay 10, 2011 … The Pushcart Prize like many of the award anthologies doesn’t announce winners at a ceremony, preferring to contact individual editors at … [...]

]]> Comment on Chipping Sparrow: Species of the Week by troy http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/07/chipping-sparrow-species-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-1309 troy Sat, 29 Oct 2011 23:20:22 +0000 http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/?p=3246#comment-1309 i have just caught a chipping sparrow with a wing problem and currently nursing it back to health i gave it normal bird feeder seed but is that what they eat please respond quickly! your dearest bird lover Troy i have just caught a chipping sparrow with a wing problem and currently nursing it back to health i gave it normal bird feeder seed but is that what they eat please respond quickly! your dearest bird lover Troy

]]> Comment on Moving Rattlesnakes Humanely by Elizabeth Enslin http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2010/10/moving-rattlesnakes-humanely/comment-page-1/#comment-1302 Elizabeth Enslin Wed, 14 Sep 2011 04:24:21 +0000 http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/?p=5832#comment-1302 Glad to meet another rattler relocator. We also tried sticks, poles, boxes,etc. for moving the snakes. The tongs are so much easier and safer for all involved (including the snake) -- a very worthwhile investment (I suspect they're also safer than hacking snakes to death with shovels and machetes). I have not heard about the dangers of moving them more than a mile. We never take them that far, but it would certainly be good to know more about the impacts of relocation. Good luck with the tongs! Glad to meet another rattler relocator. We also tried sticks, poles, boxes,etc. for moving the snakes. The tongs are so much easier and safer for all involved (including the snake) — a very worthwhile investment (I suspect they’re also safer than hacking snakes to death with shovels and machetes). I have not heard about the dangers of moving them more than a mile. We never take them that far, but it would certainly be good to know more about the impacts of relocation. Good luck with the tongs!

]]> Comment on Moving Rattlesnakes Humanely by tim http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2010/10/moving-rattlesnakes-humanely/comment-page-1/#comment-1301 tim Tue, 13 Sep 2011 03:49:00 +0000 http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/?p=5832#comment-1301 I'm also removing rattlers here in northern Calif. – 5 already this season, by far the most. A lot of mice in the woods here, and no cat! A neighbor has two cats, no snakes. Thanks for the Gentle Giant link, just what I was wishing for. So far I've had to pin the snake down with a long rake handle as gently as possible, then slip a noose at end of another rake handle, tighten noose, lift up snake and place in large jar with lid. Then a drive to far off woods. If you're calm and careful and very focused, watching with a hawk eye every movement of the snake at every moment while fiddling with the equipment in your peripheral vision, then it's safe. If you can't do all of that, I don't recommend this method. That's why I want the tongs! I heard that if you move the rattler more than a mile or so from where you found it, it will die. Is this a myth or fact? Thank for the excellent post! I’m also removing rattlers here in northern Calif. – 5 already this season, by far the most. A lot of mice in the woods here, and no cat! A neighbor has two cats, no snakes. Thanks for the Gentle Giant link, just what I was wishing for. So far I’ve had to pin the snake down with a long rake handle as gently as possible, then slip a noose at end of another rake handle, tighten noose, lift up snake and place in large jar with lid. Then a drive to far off woods. If you’re calm and careful and very focused, watching with a hawk eye every movement of the snake at every moment while fiddling with the equipment in your peripheral vision, then it’s safe. If you can’t do all of that, I don’t recommend this method. That’s why I want the tongs!

I heard that if you move the rattler more than a mile or so from where you found it, it will die. Is this a myth or fact?

Thank for the excellent post!

]]> Comment on Sweet Spot Up the Hill by Elizabeth Enslin http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2011/06/sweet-spot-up-the-hill/comment-page-1/#comment-1300 Elizabeth Enslin Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:20:49 +0000 http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/?p=6369#comment-1300 Thank you, Vicki. I've been meaning to write about other such spots, but summer has gotten away from me this year. I'd love to hear more about the special places you've discovered on your place. I is one of the continuing pleasures of living on acreage. Thank you, Vicki. I’ve been meaning to write about other such spots, but summer has gotten away from me this year. I’d love to hear more about the special places you’ve discovered on your place. I is one of the continuing pleasures of living on acreage.

]]> Comment on Sweet Spot Up the Hill by Vicki http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2011/06/sweet-spot-up-the-hill/comment-page-1/#comment-1298 Vicki Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:38:20 +0000 http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/?p=6369#comment-1298 I love the photos of your "sweet spots". My husband and I have 48 acres in northeast Washington and I can relate to your experience since we have discovered some special places that we particularly enjoy on our land, too. I love the photos of your “sweet spots”. My husband and I have 48 acres in northeast Washington and I can relate to your experience since we have discovered some special places that we particularly enjoy on our land, too.

]]> Comment on Winter Gold by arati http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2011/01/winter-gold/comment-page-1/#comment-1292 arati Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:03:08 +0000 http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/?p=6086#comment-1292 makes for an interesting picture! makes for an interesting picture!

]]> Comment on Urban Homesteading in Portland and Beyond by Living as a Human: The Natural Way « Present Tense Memoir http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2011/02/urban-homesteading/comment-page-1/#comment-1290 Living as a Human: The Natural Way « Present Tense Memoir Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:53:41 +0000 http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/?p=6120#comment-1290 [...] existing items and, generally, live simply, self-sufficiently and small-ly. This is such a trend, in fact, that there is a store in Portland dedicated to urban homesteading: the Urban Farm [...] [...] existing items and, generally, live simply, self-sufficiently and small-ly. This is such a trend, in fact, that there is a store in Portland dedicated to urban homesteading: the Urban Farm [...]

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