Foreword by Lynn Marie Cuny ...........................................................vii
Introduction .......................................................1
Chapter 1: When Raccoons Fall through Your Ceiling ......................7
How to repel wildlife from your home and yard
Chapter 2: Myths about Baby Birds ................................................ 27
What to do if you find a baby bird
Chapter 3: Growing the Deer-Resistant Garden ...............................41
How to protect your foliage from hungry deer
Chapter 4: There's a Cardinal Knocking on My Window ................ 51
How to discourage roosting and nesting birds
Chapter 5: Leave Bambi in the Forest ...............................................61
What to do if you find a fawn
Chapter 6: Lions and Tigers and Bears ............................................. 72
Well, maybe not tigers! Tips for coexisting with major predators
Chapter 7: Ducklings in My Swimming Pool ..................................... 84
How to make way for some common visitors
Chapter 8: Thumper, Flower, Meeko, and Who Knows What Else?.... 91
What to do if you find other baby animals
Chapter 9: If You Hate Mosquitoes, You'll Learn to Love Bats .... 106
How to humanely repel bats and even appreciate them
Chapter 10: There's a Snake Asleep in Our Jeep ........................... 116
How to create an environment that's unpleasant for snakes
Chapter 11: Wildlife First Aid and Rescue ...................................... 125
How to contain, treat, and transport an injured wild animal
Afterword ..................................................................... 145
References and Resources ................................................................ 147
