Joe Taylor
STEM Night at Echo Hill Elementary
Echo Hill Elementary School kept its doors open and lights on to host its annual Echo Hill PTO STEM Night. This spring Friday event...
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Joe Taylor
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Some Quick Wildlife "How To's" from the Cedar Rapids Animal Care and Control
It's great seeing others in the community thinking about safety when encountering wildlife. Check out these thinking points offered by...
Joe Taylor
- 4 min
Spring is near! 3 quick places to check for critter problems.
The snow is melting and spring is slowly creeping in. The long yawn of winter is finally over. This may be your first chance to take...
Joe Taylor
- 5 min
Do Iowa bats stick around for the snow?
During the summer months, as the sun embarks on its dusky descent, the evening sky comes alive as bats look for their next meal. There...
Joe Taylor
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How this wintry weather can give mice a direct shot into your garage
Once again we find ourselves in the frigid winter months. You’ve done your due diligence to prepare. The latest snow storm has rolled...
Joe Taylor
- 4 min
5 Tips for DIY Critter Detection | Part 2
In Part 1 of this article, we looked at three tips to more effectively track and gather information to help identify what sort of...
Joe Taylor
- 4 min
5 Tips for DIY Critter Detection | Part 1
This happens with some regularity: My business phone rings and the voice on the other end announces, “There’s a raccoon in my attic.”...
Joe Taylor
- 5 min
Critter Profile: House Mouse | Part 2
A property management group called reporting that a tenant saw a mouse zip across her bedroom floor. I can usually predict the manager’s...
Joe Taylor
- 5 min
Critter Profile: House Mouse | Part 1
I sat across from the table as the gentleman explained his predicament. “Joe,” he said, “we have been dealing with an odor from this...
Joe Taylor
- 4 min
Beware the bat false positive!
My inbox recently showed a new message, and upon opening it up I read the following words: “Can we hire you to mitigate bats? Found one...
Joe Taylor
- 5 min
Critter Profile: Northern raccoon | Part 2
Need to catch Part 1? Read it here. I’ve commented to customers that if they were to grab a lawn chair and hang out in their driveway for...
Joe Taylor
- 5 min
Critter Profile: the Northern Raccoon | Part 1
When I was a boy my understanding of raccoons was encapsulated by Ranger Rick. Do you remember the magazine? Each month I’d look for my...
Joe Taylor
- 2 min
Is there a critter in there?
You see the hole in the ground. Surely the culprit is nearby. Or is it? Here is a quick tip to find out. Walking your yard and coming...
Joe Taylor
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Science Night at Echo Hill Elementary
Do you remember doing captivating, interactive science experiments at your elementary school? And did you do these after dinner, at...
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