Tweets,

I have a pair of crows nesting in my back yard with one large young about
to fledge (as of 6-14, at least). The adults have been vigorously
attacking one or two eastern gray squirrels that have been suspiciously
running up the tree trunk toward their nest.

Gene Hunn.

On Mon, 19 Jun 1995, Dennis Paulson wrote:

> Actually, eastern gray and other squirrels are fairly serious nest
> predators, so it behooves almost any bird to try to get rid of a squirrel
> from its nest tree. Smaller birds just can't accomplish this. On the
> other hand, it might have nothing to do with this and merely represent the
> corvid nature.
>
> Dennis Paulson, Director phone: (206) 756-3798
> Slater Museum of Natural History fax: (206) 756-3352
> University of Puget Sound e-mail: dpaulson at ups.edu
> Tacoma, WA 98416
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