Not everyone appreciates having squirrels in their bird feeders. Squirrels can be aggressive toward each other while feeding, they chase away birds, and they eat huge amounts of food purchased specifically with birds in mind. Manufacturers of birdfeeders have gone so far as to design special birdfeeders that are suppose to be squirrel-proof, but I’ve ...
I’m an animal lover. I own dogs and cats, and I love to watch wildlife such as birds, deer and squirrels. One thing I don’t like to see, though, is squirrels getting into my bird feeders and emptying them out. If you have the same problem in your yard, then you need to know some ...
At Evergreen Elementary School, the students were preparing for their field trip. Suddenly a squirrel entered a classroom and attacked a first-grade student, as well as two adults who were joining the field trip as chaperone. At around 8:43 in the morning of Wednesday, May 9, a call was made to 911 to report the ...
Squirrels can be a huge problem for gardeners. They dig up the bulbs, chomp off the flowers, and climb into the fruit trees to take one bite out of every single piece of fruit. For those of us with strawberry beds, squirrels can wipe out an entire crop of berries within 15 minutes. While some ...
It always amazes me when I talk with other gardeners, who spend a great deal of time trying to keep all types of wild animals out of their yards. Do not get me wrong – no gardener is ever happy about deer chowing down on their roses or bunnies helping themselves to a salad from ...
Oh, we all love squirrels, don’t we? They’re cute and fuzzy, and oh so playful and entertaining. We love to observe their curious nature, that is, until they start messing with the bird feeder. Squirrels are persistent, and you may have noticed that they will go to great extremes to get to the lunch of ...