I must be lucky. I get black gray and red
squirrels in my back yard. Although, I have only had
one red squirrel. It chewed it's way into my bird
house one day and when we took the bird house down
to fix it, the red squirrel disappeared. The blacks
and grays chase each other up and down the trees,
along the fences and around the yards all year long.
I have had a bird feeder and bird bath out for
years so my backyard is a major feeding centre. We
had to take the feeder down this year as there have
been some major problems with both birds and squirrels
doing damage to the houses. The neighborhood has
requested that people stop feeding the critters as
they have become a serious problem. They haven't
done anything to our house, but a number of our
near neighbors have had a lot of trouble. So in
the interest of keeping peace we have taken the feeder
down. I still throw out the occasional handful of food,
sunflower seeds, not mixed food.
I used to get the wild bird seed mix, but I found
that it was full of seeds that a lot of birds don't eat.
The feeder was positioned over the concrete patio to
cut down on the amount of bird seed taking root in the
garden I used to have to shovel up a lot of the stuff
the birds wouldn't eat. When I switched to sunflower
seeds I got the same type of birds using the feeder
and only seed shells to shovel up. The squirrels
really like it and they love the peanuts I throw
out for the blue jays. I think part of the reason they
chase each other through my yard is to lay claim to
the peanuts.
The grays are bigger and bolder, although both
types that hang around my yard are fat and sassy.
Sharon Briggs
in unseasonably warm Toronto Ontario
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