Fuschia wrote:

On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 12:14:21 -0000, "Clive in Kent"
wrote:


"Elizabeth" wrote in message
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Has anyone else got non-hibernating gray squirrels this year?

Normally I can feed the birds at this time of year without the feeders
being raided
Elizabeth in Renfrewshire, Scotland.
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Yes I have down here in Kent, Elizabeth. One persistant little b*****d who
runs off as soon as I get my air rifle cocked!!

I read somewhere that the grey squirrel doesn't hibernate

Clive in Kent


I don't think they hibernate at all. Our Garden in the south is full
of them all year round, and at the moment they are busy destroying all
the bird feeders. They are pests, but such cute pests!

Spend rather more on an all metal peanut feeder! We've had ours 4 or 5
years and the squirrels have, so far, only managed to remove some paint
from the base and slightly bend the wire mesh (heavier duty wire and
spot welded at each crossing so the little b*&^rs can't pull them
apart).
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Larry Stoter