Living in Oregon with redwoods 50-100 ft. high, the mountains down to the rocky sea, and neighbors who made pilgrims to my house to play with the ferrets--this is now history. Now it emailing Gov Arnold, writing letters, seeing that my 2 and 4 year old gra nd daughters wrote heart wrenching letters with pictures showing them hugging an d kissing the ferrets. In Oregon, I drove to CaCaLand to work at the DA's office 5 days a week and saw hundreds of hawks, but never one at my house. Now I am in the middle of a sprawl ing city and have about 30 pines, oaks, sycamore, and elm trees, many 40 ft high and I have my own personal hawk. I can not take the ferrets out in the backyard , and they are illegal in the front yard, and on the side I have a neighbor who has been threatening me about illegal ferrets because I fired her 38 year old so n that she talked me into hiring as a gardener. OK, this is partly my fault because when she first asked, red flags shoot up and I ignored them, took pity on her for having a son that still lived with her. In three weeks he managed to do over $500 worth of damage to the pool, the sprinkl er system, and broken statues. I also spent two hours cleaning up the pool and p atio after he left each week. Is there any way to chase a hawk away? What about a neighbor? Sigh! Thanks for l etting me vent. [XY] [Posted in FML issue 4644]