Here in California we call them road kill. If you saw my car you would
know why too!
And by the way deer don't eat daffodils.
I assume they don't eat California poppy either since they are all over
all summer long.
Heather Dawn, MA
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On Monday, September 20, 2004, at 12:17 PM, Andrew Recher wrote:

> Do they eat skunks in Michigan too?
>> In Michigan we like to refer to animals such as deer that change their
>> cycle from nocturnal to diurnal and start eating in your garden as....
>> dinner.
>>
>>
>>
>> At 01:56 PM 9/20/2004, you wrote:
>>> OK, i know some of you naturalists out there can
>>> answer this:  isn't there a term for animals which
>>> change their activity from nocturnal to diurnal (or
>>> vice versa) in adapatation to some change in the
>>> environment?  for instance, the deer in the urban-wild
>>> interface neighborhood where i live are not at all
>>> completely nocturnal - they'll come wandering down the
>>> street at any hour, ready to pick every single flower
>>> from the delphiniums i foolishly thought we could try.
>>> we had a skunk stroll across the driveway mid-day this
>>> weekend too, although i don't know for sure if they're
>>> usually mostly nocturnal. is there really a term for
>>> this or is it something i made up?!
>>>
>>> thanks (and just so you know, those motion-detector
>>> sprinklers really keep the deer at bay..!)
>>>
>>> wendy
>>>
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