Category Archives: Meet the Locals

Squirrels ‘Lucy’ and ‘Inky’ cuddling

Wild grey squirrels are not thought to be very social animals. The most frequent squirrel interactions that the casual observer will see is agonistic behaviour: in other words chasing each other off and fighting. But if you observe squirrels for … Continue reading

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Local squirrel ‘White Belly’ found dead in road

One of our local squirrels White Belly was killed by a car today. It rained this morning and her body was lying on the wet pavement. She looked normal, except there was a bit of blood pooled near her mouth. … Continue reading

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A portrait of the squirrel as a young…squirrel

Piggy, who was born into a hard winter last fall, is really growing up. He must really be enjoying the summer. Until the warm weather finally came winter was all he knew.

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Baby squirrel drinks from birdbath

Inky the baby squirrel drinks from our birdbath.

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The elusive white tailed squirrel

This squirrel has become semi legendary here at nutsaboutsquirrels. This squirrel is not easy to approach and has an unusually large territory. The first few times I spotted her in the yard of a corner house about two blocks from … Continue reading

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