Poor squirrel. I don't blame you, though. I'm pretty sure I have a big squirrel nest in my other big oak.

What is it about squirrels and flags? I had one come in through an upstairs window and gnaw holes in one that was spread over a table.

Poor squirrel. Funny to see holes in the flag and know that they come from the squirrel. Your neighbourhood looks very pretty from what we can see from your photos.

That is one desperate squirrel. Ours nests in the woods. Our problem is the bird nests. At home they try to build nests in my window box and wall planter. I removed one last week. At camp under the porch roof.

Blfenton, I love my neighbourhood. Lots of homes and apartment bldgs, all meticulously kept. No overhead wires, so the trees have a full canopy.

I had someone comment how beautiful the neighbourhood was, when she came to buy something I had for sale. The town where she lives, the apt bldgs are all in an undesirable part of town, and she was wanting to buy one of our bldgs if one were for sale.

I have to keep this short. I'm on dove removal duty. A pair are trying to nest in the gutter over our kitchen window. Ah, Spring!

Well, Jasdip, now I can’t get a song out of my head…♫”Hole, Canada…”♫

tj

I have to watch my front door wreath carefully in the spring to ensure that birds don't build a nest in it. I've never seen a squirrel in my area. I suppose the coyotes eat them all.

My squirrels live in my garage. It was built in 1942, wooden, and they chewed holes in the walls long ago. I let them live there. At least they aren't trying to get into my house! Pesky rascals!!!

I think the animals must love my unkept yard and straw everywhere. Saw a bird yesterday picking up a massive peice of straw in his beak.

I'm very grateful that we have no squirrels (that I have seen) in Cathedral City. We have more lizards than anything else People on NextDoor have reported seeing coyotes, but I have neither seen nor heard them, but I'm sure they're out there. A coyote (and maybe several) invaded my back yard in L.A. while we were in Cathedral City and did quite a bit of damage. Judging from the scat left behind, there must have been a pack of them, but they have not been back, as far as I can tell.

I think coyotes are eating the squirrels in my neighborhood also, and so least they are good for something.

We have a very large fenced property and live with hyper-alert Australian Shepherds, but they don't keep birds from nesting in our garage or on a front door wreath and racoons can climb walls and nest in our attic. We have foxes and coyotes where we live, but because of our walls and fencing they are no threat. People in our neighborhood do carry defensive armour when they walk their pets - loud air horns, baseball bats - I can't remember but sometimes the animals are rabid and encounters can be dangerous. We have military grade flashlights with a powerul strobe we could use to fend them off, but it's not necessary since DH built our fencing.

I live in Florida and have a screened patio (lanai). Two house finches have decided that my patio is the perfect spot for a nest. I grow a lot of orchids on my patio and birds are always stealing my sphagnum moss which I use for potting orchids. I really don't mind, but get startled by them when I go outside.

The last two weeks these two finches decided my patio was the perfect place to build their nest. We would see them flying around with sphagnum in their beaks but couldn't figure out where they were coming in or building the nest.

My son, discovered a hole in the screen near the ground where they are coming in. I searched around the whole patio, moving plants trying to figure out where they were building their nest.

Yesterday, I went out to work in the yard and I always wear a large hat to protect from the sun. It hangs on a hook on the patio. When I pulled the hat off the hook, low and behold, the hat was filled with dry leaves and moss. Thank god they didn't lay their eggs.

We patched up the hold and I threw out my hat! Its Spring!

Jane