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I saw a squirrel entering a bird nest (1 Viewer)
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Corvus cornix
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Squirrels will raid nests if they come across them. It may be that the squirrel was looking for food and the nest happened to be empty. Shouting is unlikely to have much effect, it would almost certainly return after you'd gone if it had found anything worthwhile in there. If the nest had happened to contain eggs or young, the parent birds would almost certainly lay again, if it was early enough in the season.It may seem cruel, but it's just nature at work.
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Nigel Davies
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squirrels will take over nest boxes to spend the winter in
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Phil Andrews
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Try fitting a metal plate around the access hole to the bird box to limit the size of creatures which can enter it.
Vespobuteo
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what would you have shouted?
"Go away or I will crack your nuts"
??
"Go away or I will crack your nuts"
??
Yes, it could very well be a squirrel nest too!
Anyway, I was reading stuff about squirrel nests when I came across this very interesting article of how squirrels adopt babies.
https://naturefiles.wordpress.com/2010/06/17/red-squirrels-are-people-too-they-adopt/
Anyway, I was reading stuff about squirrel nests when I came across this very interesting article of how squirrels adopt babies.
https://naturefiles.wordpress.com/2010/06/17/red-squirrels-are-people-too-they-adopt/
