Grey squirrel sitting in a tree with front paws held up to its mouth. - Just dance/Shutterstock A squirrel's diet typically consists of nuts, berries, seeds, plant shoots, and garden vegetables. They ...

With a little bit of luck, squirrels soon will stop chewing on trees. While I've seen trees that squirrels actually killed by stripping too much bark off, that's a rarity in this region. On the other ...

Tree squirrels are loud and lively and eat almost anything from fruit to nuts. And that includes bark. According to the Missouri Department of Conservation, squirrels use bark along with leaves and ...

The winter of 2023-24 has been not quite the warmest on record for the Northland, but nearly so. While December and February were contenders for the No. 1 spot, January provided us with a few weeks ...

Many people leave food and water out for the wildlife living in their backyards. I recently stumbled across a woman who gets very creative when it comes to feeding the squirrels in her yard, and she ...

Two recent incidents prompted me to look into this subject — squirrels damaging trees and garden plants: A highly valued Japanese maple showing dieback, and my Dahlia sprouts disappearing. First, the ...

My favorite fall revelations are the locations of the summer leaf and twig nests of the squirrels, which are called dreys. For convenience and safety, each squirrel constructs as many as three dreys ...

A squirrel's diet typically consists of nuts, berries, seeds, plant shoots, and garden vegetables. They eat the new growth on the tips of trees and branches, as well as the bark, and when their ...