Natural history lesson

"Come on, juncos!" Isaac says. "Eat those voles!"

We do seem to have a vole infestation in our yard, although the juncos are not going to be much help.

Isaac knows what birds do eat meat, however. "Great horned owls eat voles, skunks, and big monsters," he says.

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Also, this might help: every night when we look out the window of his room just prior to pulling down the shade, Isaac says, "Good night, voles! Don't eat our plants!"