Subject: Re: Ballard Locks
Date: Oct 19 22:38:04 1996
From: z thompson - zath at u.washington.edu


Cliff Drake wrote:
>
> On Sat, 19 Oct 1996 20:06:01 -0700 z thompson <zath at u.washington.edu>
> writes:
> >Cliff:
> >
> > As for the Rats, I believe this problem resides under the
> >jurisdiction of the Squirrel-Starling-Cat thread of yore. Just not
> >enough damn birds of prey! Or too many obese gulls that can't clean
> >their plates.
> > Well, it is as it is.
> The rats were running circles around the gulls, and the gulls could care
> less. I guess gulls don't consider rats dinner. (besides, these were BIG
> rats!!) I thought about importing that squirrel chasing Peregrine that
> was mentioned earlier, but I don't think they come when they're called,
> at least not by me.
>

Not necessarily that the gulls should eat the rats but that they're
leaving too many of those handouts you mentioned behind.