Yep, and their problems are compounded in my 'hood by the 40 or so kitty kats hunting them down. Most of the squirrels around here are battered, scarred and have ripped up ears. Its pretty sad.

Oh, and Gene, I could not take down the hickory trees if I wanted to. They're on the legacy list and I could find myself in the pokey or face huge fines.

 

We need to send some of our squirrels down your way!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/....html?hpid=z10

 

Which reminds me...I saw a beautiful black squirrel run across the road on my walk around Arlington Cemetery last weekend. I would think they'd like hanging out there. Lots and lots of oak and other trees.

 

Send them on down!

At Brookgreen Gardens fox squirrels abound, but none here. They're too smart to cross the street to come to my 'hood

Here is a clip from Clemson U showing the beautiful squirrel:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8de4PHRG78[/media]

 

We have pecan trees all around. And tons of squirrels out tempting the Terriers. They are busily digging and stashing nuts for recovery later. Apparently a large percentage of the buried nuts are actually retrieved, but I don' know whether they have a great spacial memory or whether they just have a great sense of smell for recovering nuts.

 

I believe I read that squirrels have no memory at all of where they bury the nuts. So they just find any old nut when they need one.