That's right. They are my employees, and they are reliable workers and do a good job for me.
Like all employees, they have rules in the workplace. There are areas that are off limits for them to go, and those areas are marked and locked so my employees don't make a mistake and enter unauthorized areas.
The hawks do their job of pest control in an organic and totally pesticide-free manner. They control mice, voles, gophers, and sage rats. They do a decent job on keeping the sparrow population down to a low roar, thus saving me a lot of money because less feed is stolen. They prevent disease by removing rodents. They also catch and remove some of the grasshoppers.
The owls work at removing rodents and the rabbits who would otherwise ruin my garden.
The coyotes are in charge of dealing with all the unwanted dogs and cats that are dropped off to "go live on a farm". The coyotes work at rabbit population control, and they take a few mice, if they can catch them. They clean up road kill deer, that would otherwise be a foul, stinky, germ infested mess.
The snakes can get into the walls where the mice are hiding from the owls. The snakes will also go down gopher holes and they eat bugs.
I've got spiders hard at work thinning out the houseflies, and I've got a few bats on the payroll eating mosquitoes that might otherwise infect my poultry with West Nile Virus.
My predator employees are non-union, so their pay and benefits are quite low, especially considering how hard they work. They put in long hard hours and never complain.
All in all, a pretty good deal for me.
Like all employees, they have rules in the workplace. There are areas that are off limits for them to go, and those areas are marked and locked so my employees don't make a mistake and enter unauthorized areas.
The hawks do their job of pest control in an organic and totally pesticide-free manner. They control mice, voles, gophers, and sage rats. They do a decent job on keeping the sparrow population down to a low roar, thus saving me a lot of money because less feed is stolen. They prevent disease by removing rodents. They also catch and remove some of the grasshoppers.
The owls work at removing rodents and the rabbits who would otherwise ruin my garden.
The coyotes are in charge of dealing with all the unwanted dogs and cats that are dropped off to "go live on a farm". The coyotes work at rabbit population control, and they take a few mice, if they can catch them. They clean up road kill deer, that would otherwise be a foul, stinky, germ infested mess.
The snakes can get into the walls where the mice are hiding from the owls. The snakes will also go down gopher holes and they eat bugs.
I've got spiders hard at work thinning out the houseflies, and I've got a few bats on the payroll eating mosquitoes that might otherwise infect my poultry with West Nile Virus.
My predator employees are non-union, so their pay and benefits are quite low, especially considering how hard they work. They put in long hard hours and never complain.
All in all, a pretty good deal for me.
