I put up a nest box for fox squirrels a few years ago in a walnut tree in my yard. I’ve always enjoyed their company and they have a good home for raising young or to hold up during a winter storm. Well now the red squirrels have taken over the accommodations. They have filled the entire nest box with walnuts. We’re talking about twenty pounds of nuts! The box measures about 18”x 12”x12”. I don’t have the heart to clean out their winter larder. This is the first time this has happened. Do they know something we don’t about the upcoming winter?
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Methinks you maybe should build a couple more houses ...We’re starting to wear sweaters around here it got down to72 Last night...The rattlesnakes are growin fur, the seagulls are flyin to Texas and the fish are headed for Key West😉...I love that squirrelFloridaboy.
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Was the mildest summer I can remember , never got to 100° rained all summer long, felt like was living in the tropics, last.winter we recorded the most days in a row ever where temperature did not get above freezing, business as usual with the wildlife, no new behavior to note, still not seeing sandhill cranes migrating, humming birds still coming through , got a saddle up attitude after last year's snows2ET703 South Central Texas
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Originally posted by Narrow Way Knapper View PostHa ha! Reminds me of a news story I read about where Red squirrels filled up the engine compartment of a Chevy Avalanche with Black Walnuts. I believe there was over 100lbs total!
https://www.foxnews.com/auto/squirre...owner-was-away
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