They're all in my yard, and I honestly don't know why. I'm almost half a mile from the nearest wetland. I think it's tall weeds. They seem to be like cats and want to perch on high spots.

> They seem to be like cats and want to perch on high spots

I love this.

Unfortunately, so do ticks... (grass blades)

I don’t believe we have ticks in the same way that the east coast has lime disease-carrying ticks though?