Yeah, we've been over there enough recently that it feels like a second home. I wasn't a child of divorce, but I could imagine that it would be tough to always be shuttling back and forth between houses. That's basically what my wife and I have been doing for the last month - two months and it's taking a toll. We don't have any more scheduled after this weekend and I think we're both looking forward to staying home for a bit. We enjoy helping them and hanging with the animals, but it will be nice for a short break. That being said, we're still game the next time they need us. That's how life works. :)

Robins are crafty creatures. I don't know that they're known for being as smart as crows, but they're still a force to be reckoned with if for no other reason than they don't have anything else to do, so they can harass you all day long.

I wouldn't want some birds questioning my intelligence either. You could get a BB gun and show them how creative you are. If they start shooting back, then you know they're calling you out. ;)

I have chicken wire around my beds, and then I just put another piece over the part where the strawberries are. Last year that was enough to deter them from getting in there. I'm hoping that now that they've found the strawberries that I won't have to cover the whole thing to keep them out as they could easily fly in from another angle. We'll see.

I wonder if you could get some of those streamer things that move in the wind and then if you have the slightest breeze, it could scare them off. You know, the ones on a stick that spin? We used to get them when we were kids.

As far as I know, cats will eat grass, but not strawberries. Although we had a cat once that liked to eat cooked peas. We would get frozen ones and heat them up. If we put them on the floor for her, she'd gobble them up. Ha ha.

I've heard of places around here that have feral rescue cats. If you get those and put them in a cage for a week with food, water, litter box... and then let them out after a week, that they'll hang around because that's where the known sources of food and water are. You don't have to look after them or anything, just refill the food dish. I don't know if it'd work, but it's a thought.

I wouldn't mind leaving a fox in the rooster house.