[Tweeters] crows and lawns

[Dee Dee via Tweeters]

Our yard has evolved over the last 10 years from primarily grass and moss, to become it’s own eclectic mix of grass, moss, clovers, and what-have-you. This is no doubt aided by the wind, as well as contributions by passing birds and other critters. We don’t treat the yard with anything and figured some of its bad areas, many of which were there when we bought the house 15 years ago, were due to damage by larvae of cranefly, 10-lined June beetle, and others.   
During the day we of course observed excavation-foraging by different bird species, and when I had to occasionally tamp dirt and grass back into place in the lawn, I assumed birds were making the holes. It wasn’t until we installed exterior Ring cameras that we discovered that raccoons are frequent, methodical and focused excavators in our lawn, and not always quartering the yard singly. So now I know that a good number of the torn up spots are their work. 
Since we some years ago embraced the concept of our backyard as a more diverse ecosystem rather than just a lawn, we enjoy reviewing video clips in the morning to see who happened to be foraging in the yard overnight…besides the blasted rabbits….
The main point behind all the narrative being, to keep in mind that crows, flickers, and robins, etc. aren’t the only ones who can create surprisingly large and numerous holes in one’s yard and garden. 

Dee Warnock
Edmonds