Last night there was another skunk in my backyard. My son replaced my motion detector light and it is turning on several times every night. I didn't have a light for a year. I see it go on when I am in bed so I get up and raise my screen and pop my head out. Usually there are possums or raccoons out there, but twice now I have seen a skunk. I have never had skunks in my yard before although other neighbors have. This seems to be a good year for skunk populations, according to the comments in the local paper. I clap my hands and say shoo and the critters run away. I am upstairs so there is no danger of getting sprayed. With all this wildlife traffic, I can see where my windfall apples went last year. I used to have to pick up lots of apples from under the tree. Until four years ago, I always had at least one dog. The dog scent kept the critters away, I think. Now they are feasting on windfalls.