Tag: Eastern Gray Squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis)

  • Eating Like A Bird

    January 1, 2026 I take pride in saving the seedheads of native plants for the birds. Though I often see many Eastern Gray Squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) scrounging around looking for something to eat, I seldom see them eating the seedheads that I’ve deemed for the birds of my woods. These are the seedheads of Black-eyed…

  • Hardly Any Squirrels

    January 14, 2025 After more than a week with an abundance of snow on the ground thanks to frigid temperatures, with many, many birds enjoying what I’ve put out for them, I have to stop and think at least for a very brief moment, “Where are the squirrels?” Eastern Gray Squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) stash away…