BS: Feeding Squirrels--Pro/Con?

Subject: RE: BS: Feeding Squirrels--Pro/Con?
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 18 Nov 04 - 09:39 AM

Feed 'em to the feral cats.

RtS
(I've got 2 oak trees, that feeds 'em without my trying!)

Subject: RE: BS: Feeding Squirrels--Pro/Con?
From: My guru always said
Date: 18 Nov 04 - 01:57 PM

Hmmm, did I mention my theory that we could possibly train squirrels to clean up the countryside?

Here it the UK, we have a lot of litter caught up in trees, mostly non-bio plastic bags & such. When the trees are in green you don't see much of it, but come Autumn and Winter it becomes obvious.

Well I'm sure that there's a way of training squirrels to get all this litter out of the trees for us. Can't see any other solution anyway......

Subject: RE: BS: Feeding Squirrels--Pro/Con?
From: GUEST,Chief Chaos
Date: 18 Nov 04 - 03:37 PM

Guru,

Just who do you think is putting it up their in the first place?
It makes great nesting material! It never breaks down and can be scrunched up right nice to make insulated air pockets. It's rain proof and impervious to the wind. The night herons in Charleston SC took mylar balloon snakes (meant to scare them away from the downtown rookery) and wove them into their nests. What a wonderful intelligence this sort of thing shows.