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O Ledasdotter, the Baltimore birds aren't and don't have, bay windows.
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possum eradication
You need more automobile traffic. When we moved into our house in 1976, possums (also raccoons, which made pests of themselves getting into the garbage cans) were to be seen all the time. However, since possums are extremely stupid, like squirrels, they were always getting run over in the streets, so that I haven't seen one for the last 15 years or so. The raccoons went the same way, but there are still plenty of squirrels; they must be much more prolific.
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Dear Bob: I recall fondly hanging nests so cleverly contrived over fifty feet up in parasol elm canopy border, with bright plumaged parents coming and going. Now, alas, elms destroyed by disease, no orioles to be seen. Nothing equally beautiful here in California that I can think of. wwh
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Moose
You may remember the extensive news coverage 5 or 6 years ago of the moose in New England somewhere who became enamoured of a domestic cow and kept hanging around her pasture. The farmer didn't want to shoot it, and it wouldn't go away. The media loved it. People kept sending in suggestions, but none worked. Eventually the moose left when winter came on, and he didn't come back the following year.
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. The raccoons went the same way
Racoons have spread way north, even into Canada, taking rabies with them. wwh
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Lucky you. I've lived in Baltimore nearly 50 years and have never seen an oriole (avian, not the baseball variety) except once, when we were on vacation in Yucatan, where they winter, along with the golden oriole, which is nearly all orange.
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Byb-- you did see that cute little poem about spell checking didn't you-- ??
I have seen an oriole in my yard-- but unfortunate i was swatting my daughters cat with a broom-- I resucued it from the cats mouth and picked it up. the poor little thing lay for a minute trembling, and then died-- The is now living with my daughter (i don't hate animals-- but i hate having them live in my house.) and i doublely hated the cat since i love birds (but don't want to have them in my house either)
In the spring i plan to add a bird bath to the yard so that i can see more of the birds-- I refused to do it while the cat lived with me.
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Ummmmm... Canada has had rabies and raccoons for a long, long time already (I'm not sure if that's GOOD news, either!). There was even a raccoon character in a Canadian kids' nature magazine, called Ranger Rick (both the magazine and the raccoon). Just for the record! 
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Canadian kids' nature magazine, called Ranger Rick (both the magazine and the raccoon)Ranger Rick is actually a US mag - published by the National Wildlife Federation - but perhaps the Raccoon was Canadian 
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Wow, do I suddenly feel disillusioned! It was published here by the Canadian Wildlife Federation, so you can understand my confusion. However there were/are still raccoons here, magazine or no!
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