Squirrels, Abused and Abandoned Animals, and Gardening

Reader Contribution by Karen Kirkpatrick
Published on March 24, 2015
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What a wonderful way to begin a lovely, sunny day – watching Early the Squirrel, and a bright red cardinal sharing breakfast and enjoying the sun. (Trivia: Did you know that the cardinal is the State Bird of Indiana?) Early is one of my yard squirrels who has adopted my dog, Ransom, and me. He greets us nearly every morning either by sitting on the porch railing waiting for breakfast or talking to us from the top of the yard shed where I put his food.

In a previous post, I wrote that I was going to share with you my research about squirrels. However, in my search for squirrel information, I came across an excellent article entitled “The Secret Life of Squirrels,” written by GRIT’s own Tim Nephew (May/June 2014). Tim covers such categories as: Destructive Guests; Good Grub; Biology; (descriptions of) Gray Squirrels, Fox Squirrels, Red Squirrels and Flying Squirrels; Removing Squirrels from Structures; and Fun Squirrel Facts. Tim’s article is thorough, well-written and informative. I see no reason to duplicate his work so I am referring readers interested in squirrels to read his article.

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