The standard outgoing procedures are as follows:

Mice and Chipmunks:
These small and curious creatures like to explore the new surroundings as soon as things get quiet, and generally find their way into the humane trap within 24 hours. They are then released back into the woods.

Birds:
Birds hide but make too much noise for their own good. Once located (usually behind the sofa), the procedure is to close all doors and venetian blinds, then open the sliding glass door off the dining room. The bird is then flushed from its hiding place and makes straight for the only source of outdoor light and is gone.

Frogs and Toads:
They travel to the nearest corner and wait, totally confused. Upon discovery, they are picked up (with no arguments), placed in a small box (kept under the kitchen table for just that purpose) and returned to the creek bed area.

Rabbits:
Same as frogs, except they make a helluva racket if approached (a lotta fun at 3 am).

Snakes:
There has only been one occurrence of a snake (that we know of); it was found in a heat vent, was prodded into the box and returned to the woods.

Situations that deviated from the normal outgoing procedures are marked with an asterisk and a number, and are detailed in the footnotes column.

PHASE II - Opie & c.c.

Critter	Date In	Date Out	Footnotes
SEPTEMBER Mouse Mouse Mouse Mouse OCTOBER Rabbit Mouse Mouse Mouse NOVEMBER Mouse Mouse FEBRUARY Mouse Mouse MARCH Pigeon Mouse APRIL Mouse Mouse MAY Rabbit JUNE Mouse Bird Chipmunk Mouse Mouse JULY Rabbit AUGUST Mouse Rabbit Rabbit Mouse Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit SEPTEMBER Rabbit Chipmunk Bird Mouse OCTOBER Mouse Chipmunk Mouse NOVEMBER Mouse Mouse DECEMBER Mouse JANUARY Mouse Mouse MARCH Mouse APRIL Pigeon JUNE Chipmunk JULY Chipmunk AUGUST Rabbit SEPTEMBER Mouse OCTOBER Sparrow DECEMBER Mouse Mouse MARCH Mouse Mouse Mouse Mouse APRIL Mouse Mouse Mouse Mouse Easter Rabbit Mouse JULY Chipmunk Rabbit AUGUST Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit SEPTEMBER Rabbit Rabbit OCTOBER Mouse Mouse Mouse Mouse NOVEMBER Mouse Mouse	2000 *6 *6 *6 09-15-2000 10-07-2000 10-13-2000 *6 10-25-2000 11-09-2000 11-24-2000 2001 02-02-2001 02-25-2001 03-06-2001 03-19-2001 04-07-2001 04-11-2001 05-03-2001 * 06-12-2001 06-13-2001 06-17-2001 06-18-2001 07-07-2001 08-02-2001 08-16-2001 08-23-2001 08-27-2001 08-27-2001 08-29-2001 08-29-2001 09-10-2001 09-15-2001 09-18-2001 09-26-2001 10-05-2001 10-08-2001 10-31-2001 11-04-2001 11-18-2001 12-13-2001 2002 01-23-2002 01-24-2002 03-25-2002 04-24-2002 05-11-2002 07-22-2002 08-24-2002 09-28-2002 10-20-2002 *6 *6 2003 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6 04-16-2003 *6 07-09-2003 07-21-2003 08-09-2003 08-31-2003 08-31-2003 09-03-2003 09-03-2003 10-06-2003 *6 *6 *6 *6 *6	09-04-2000 09-07-2000 09-09-2000 09-15-2000 10-07-2000*24 10-13-2000*25 10-17-2000 10-25-2000*26 11-09-2000*27 11-24-2000 02-02-2001 02-25-2001*28 03-06-2001*29 03-19-2001*30 04-07-2001*31 04-11-2001*32 05-03-2001 06-11-2001*33 06-12-2001 06-13-2001*34 06-17-2001*32 06-19-2001 07-07-2001 08-02-2001*35 08-16-2001*36 08-23-2001*37 08-27-2001*38 08-27-2001 08-29-2001 08-29-2001 09-10-2001 09-16-2001*39 09-18-2001 09-26-2001*40 10-05-2001*41 10-08-2001*42 10-31-2001 11-04-2001*43 11-18-2001*44 12-13-2001*45 01-23-2002*46 01-24-2002*46 03-25-2002*47 04-24-2002*48 06-18-2002*49 07-22-2002*50 08-24-2002*51 09-29-2002 10-20-2002 12-17-2002*52 12-21-2002 03-25-2003 03-26-2003 03-28-2003 03-31-2003 04-02-2003 04-07-2003 04-07-2003 04-15-2003 04-20-2003*53 04-22-2003 07-09-2003*54 07-21-2003 08-09-2003*55 08-31-2003 08-31-2003*56 09-03-2003*57 09-03-2003*57 10-06-2003*58 10-26-2003 10-28-2003 10-28-2003 11-01-2003 11-01-2003	24. The new cat's first capture. It was over half her size, and c.c. dropped it conveniently by the front door. The Husband opened the door, it left. Quickly. 25. Dropped in the bedroom by Opie at 6am. Chased into a paper bag, released immediately. 26. Presented by c.c. at 4 a.m. It was sufficiently confused to be caught easily and returned to the pre-dawn outdoors. 27. c.c. brought him into the living room and the Husband and c.c. chased it around - both the front and back doors were opened, and it was finally chased out on the deck. 28. Brought in by Opie, chased into the kitchen by c.c., coaxed out the back door by the Husband and Wife. 29. Brought in by c.c. at 1:30 am, captured in a towel, carried to an open window and sent on its way. 30. Brought into the bedroom by c.c. at 2:11 am, coaxed into a box and returned to the outdoors. 31. Dropped in the kitchen and scurried into a corner from which the Husband perrsuaded it into an empty cereal box. It was released, as usual, in the compost heap. 32. Intercepted c.c. with a mouthful of mouse, carried her to the compost heap, yanked her tail to give mouse his freedom. 33. Cornered in the kitchen by Opie, herded into the humane trap, escorted to the compost heap and released. 34. Literally chased from the living room onto the deck by the Husband, from whence he headed for home. 35. Husband puts box on floor, mouse enters. Easy. 36. With the front door propped open, the rabbit, being pursued by c.c., managed his escape, although the Husband had to restrain c.c. in the house until the escape was assured. 37. Never actually making it into the house, c.c. was interdicted midway across the lawn and carried rabbitless back to the house. 38. Hid behind a potted planted, was nudged into a cereal box and escorted out. 39. Cornered in the bathroom, herded into a paper bag, released safely to the woods. 40. Placed, by c.c., into a paper bag held by the Husband. Very strange. 41. Chased, cornered, herded into a box, returned to the wild. The usual. 42. Found pawing at the sliding glass door, he was let out. Simple. 43. Dropped by the front door, the Husband opened the door and the mouse left. 44. Cornered by c.c., wrangled into an empty cereal box by the Husband, returned to the great outdoors. 45. With some coaxing, we got c.c. to drop it into a paper bag (she didn't wanna let go), in which it was returned to the compost heap. 46. Brought in by c.c., chased around by the Husband, caught in a cereal box, escorted to the Compost Heap. 47. Found hiding in a corner of the kitchen, gently nudged into an empty cereal box, relocated to the Compost Heap. 48. A totally surprised bird allowed itself to be carried outside, where it flew off. 49. This chipmunk had been living behind the stove for weeks - when discovered in the living room, the Husband chased it out through the open door, onto the deck. We think. We didn't actually see him leave. 50. Could this have been the critter described above? This time we did see him leave. 51. Brought in by c.c. and dropped near the open door to the garage, from which it escaped and was last seen headed for the woods., 52. Captured unassisted by c.c. and carried outside. 53. Brought in by c.c. on a Wednesday, finally captured and released on Easter weekend. 54. Brought in by c.c., dropped by an open door, was gone in seconds. 55. Brought in by c.c., chased all over the house until it was steered out the open door to the deck. 56. Managed to get under the bed despite its boxed-in platform frame; bed required dismantling at 5 am, but rabbit was returned to his habitat. 57. Intercepted on the stairs on the way in, immediately carried back to nature. 58. Left on the stair landing, he waited patiently for the Husband to get a box to put him in to return him to the wild.