Bird feeding is serious business. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service estimates that Americans spend nearly $1 billion annually on bird houses, feeders, nest...
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On a walk around Baisley Pond Park’s eponymous pond in Queens recently I heard a Gray Squirrel chittering away angrily at something. Tired of...
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Stop and stay, don’t move that mouse. I still know my audience – this is primarily a blog read by birders in North America, who...
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There are bird feeders and then there are squirrel feeders disguised as bird feeders, a fact known well by those of us who have...
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While eating lunch with Daisy and her family at a picnic area in Joshua Tree National Park the other day a small chipmunk-looking creature...
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I put up my bird feeders just a week ago, and already I’ve settled into a routine: In the morning, I fill them. As...
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As a native New Yorker, I’ve seen my share of squirrels. Our standard Sciuridae is the Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) and while most...
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Anyone who dares fill bird feeders in the hopes of actually, you know, feeding birds knows well the menace hungry squirrels present. Entire industries...
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