A mother gray squirrel has taken throughout a nest house that was built for birds.


A mother gray squirrel has taken throughout a nest house that was built for birds. It is nailed high in a cottonwood tree in my backyard in Colorado. She argued with the woodpecker for three years before the house became hers.

Each spring when I notice the mother's swollen milk glands, I know she has a of recent origin litter of babies. I formerly peeked inside to see five little uniteds They were pink and hairless. Their sights were sealed shut. The newborn babies can't do anything for themselves for about eight weeks. Later they make progress brownish-gray hair before leaving the nest

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