Ann Novek was once a medical student, but quit to work as a wildlife rehabilitator. She works mostly with birds, and has a special interest in helping birds affected by oil spills.
Here’s a picture of a swan being cleaned after an oil spill, Ann’s in the yellow jacket.
She’s also a Greenpeace Nordic volunteer involved mostly in ocean issues and a new reader and commentator at this blog.
Ann lives somewhere in Sweden and has her garden fenced to keep out cats making it a “little bird heaven”. I assume the fence also keeps out the the many roe deers which according to Ann roam around in people’s gardens in Sweden eating tulips and apple trees.
In Brisbane, in Australia where I live, it is possums that roam around gardens eating roses and destroying vegetable gardens.
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Ann, thanks for sharing the photograph and something about yourself.
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD has worked in industry and government. She is currently researching a novel technique for long-range weather forecasting funded by the B. Macfie Family Foundation.
Jennifer,all,
Since English is not my first language , I apologise for gramma errors .
Regarding the roe deers they are really not that big a problem, even if people complain. I have about 10 roe deers in my neighborhood. However in garden magazines there are lot of tips how to keep them out from your garden, the most common methode is using some kind of spray with a special smell.
Anne, Jennifer,
A little known but extremely effective deterrent for keeping cats and other mammals out of your garden – Lion dung!
Seriously, get it from your nearest zoo / safari park and mix it into the borders of your garden … one safari park I know of has a 6 month waiting list to buy lion crap for just this reason .. I feel sorry for the poor sod that has to go round collecting it …LOL
Strange but true ;O)