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Lots of food, a mild winter with little snow means more squirrels

Jun 12, 2020 5:30 am
Rick Karlin is reporting for the Times Union If you are paying attention, you may have noticed more that the usual number of squirrels running around this year. Lots of the bushy-tailed rodents have emerged this spring across upstate New York and throughout the northeastern U.S. Wildlife experts report that squirrels are undergoing a population boom due to a bumper crop of food sources like acorns combined with a relatively mild, low-snow winter. Pest controllers say they have stayed busy removing them from homes and other locales. “We’ve got quite a few calls, probably more on the squirrels than the chipmunks. We get calls from people hearing them in their attics,” said Lisa Johnson, office manager for Family Pest Solutions in Schenectady. A human factor is at work as well, said Neil Tregger, co-owner of Hudson Valley Wildlife Solutions in Troy. He believes that, with more people at home during the pandemic, some are keeping their bird feeders full all the time, which becomes a magnet for squirrels and chipmunks. "If more people in a particular area have bird feeders out more than usual, there’s likely to be more squirrels in that area," a state Department of Environmental Conservation official said. Read the full story in the Times Union.
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