Bird feeding is serious business. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service estimates that Americans spend nearly $1 billion annually on bird houses, feeders, nest...
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...
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...
There are bird feeders and then there are squirrel feeders disguised as bird feeders, a fact known well by those of us who have...
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...
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...
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...
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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