> On the Eastern Gray Squirrel's effect on native Douglas Squirrels,
> Dennis Paulson wrote:
> My guess is that the Douglas squirrel has disappeared in most areas
> because the conifer forests on which they depend have been fragmented
> too much. It may be that gray squirrels play a part, ...

A number of years ago I was taking a SAS birder class and I remember a
woman in the class telling of how she 'captured' Gray Squirrels entering
her yard on Mercer Island. She would transport them some(?) distance off
the island and drop them off. Eventually she was able to do all her bird
feeding on the ground.

According to her a little while later Douglas Squirrels reappeared on
Mercer Island...

Dan 'Too-Many-Squirrels' Victor
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