Hi Guy and Tweets,

I had a Douglass squirrel carry off 3 robin chicks from a nest in a tree
this summer. The squirrel would come each morning and take another chick.
Between the mother robin and I we put up a good battle, though it was all
for nothing.

I was thinking of putting my chickadee houses up on a metal pole, and not in
a tree. But I think the squirrels could get into them anyway.

also does anyone have a description of Eastern Grays vs Western Grays? I
have grey squirrels here though they seem much smaller then the ones at the
park. And their tails are scant in comparison.

thanks in advance

Dawn Bailey
Eatonville, WA
mailto:dawnsdog at rainierconnect.com

Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.

~~Carl Sandburg



----- Original Message -----
From: "Guy McWethy" <lguy_mcw at yahoo.com>
To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 4:07 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Squirrels vs Birds


> Tweets,
> does any one know of a study looking at declines in
> native cavity-nesting birds (in urban settings) being
> corelated with the presence of non-native (eastern)
> gray squirrels?
> I put up Flicker and Screech-owl nest boxes last
> spring, and BOTH have been taken over by Eastern Gray
> squirrels.
> I am considering altering the local squirrel
> population in order to increase local bird nesting
> sucess ;)
> Guy
>
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> Renton, WA
> mailto: lguy_mcw at yahoo.com
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