How to Deal with a Squirrel Problem

Squirrels typically eat nuts, seeds, acorns, mushrooms, insects, and leaves, but they will also feast on food if it is readily available in a garden or yard. They can cause many other problems. Squirrels often eat seeds from bird feeders. They also have been known to chew the openings of birdhouses and eat nesting birds.…

Professor and Students Study Squirrel Behavior

Biology professor Joseph Whittaker and a team of students at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota are tracking squirrels on campus to learn more about their behavior. Two students spent two months mapping the entire Concordia campus, including every tree, before they began tracking the squirrels. This allowed them to plot the places on campus where…