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It’s fall and the oaks trees in the neighbourhood have started to drop acorns. The neighbours behind us have a huge oak tree in their back yard that our squirrels like to spend time in. This time of year you … Continue reading →

However, the occasional meal of day old bread is also ok. (Especially since your average urban squirrel probably gets half its calories from discarded pizza crusts picked out of a garbage can.) Even though our friends over in NY published … Continue reading →

Burrowing owls live in underground burrows, but they don’t do their own burrowing. Instead they live in abandoned ground squirrel burrows. (Maybe they should be called borrowing owls?) The owls are listed as a species of concern in California, and … Continue reading →

Here’s a cute video of a squirrel trying to balance on a ball. He falls off, but he just keeps trying. I wonder if he ever managed to stay on?

Phoenix Zoo Gets Endangered Squirrels: MyFoxPHOENIX.com