Well the rats with bushy tails here in los Angeles like to throw magnolia seed pods on my dog's head. I believe it is why he developed epilepsy. Viscious little buggers.

I don't have randy squirells ripping bark of trees - just playboy Mockingbirds singing their brains out at all hours. Apparently bachelor Mockingbirds without mates to care for will set up in opposing trees and have a sing-off, usually from 1AM til dawn.   They've pretty much ceased this nonsense, but from the end of March until a week ago, I was on Mockingbird patrol with the neighbors - hosing them with water, tossing stones at them and generally herding them away from our block so they could have their Sing-off somewhere else.

It got so all I had to do was threaten them by yelling 'Don't make me come out there bird' and my personal mockingbird would move five trees down the street. Of course, that angered the neighbors who now had him PLUS their own nemesis mickingbord to deal with. Next year, I think we'll by Supersoaker guns and let them all have it at the first sign of male posturing.