It's no secret, I love squirrels! I love them in the city and I love them in the woods. They have so much energy and jump about with such grace. Oh the squirrel! So, this recent story in The Washington Post has got me a little concerned for my favorite creature and is good reminder that animal population changes can tell us a lot about the environment around us. So if you have any extra peanuts around the house, please put them out for the squirrels!
Acorn Watchers Wonder What Happened to Crop
By Brigid Schulte
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, November 30, 2008; Page A01
The idea seemed too crazy to Rod Simmons, a measured, careful field botanist. Naturalists in Arlington County couldn't find any acorns. None. No hickory nuts, either. Then he went out to look for himself. He came up with nothing. Nothing crunched underfoot. Nothing hit him on the head.
Then calls started coming in about crazy squirrels. Starving, skinny squirrels eating garbage, inhaling bird feed, greedily demolishing pumpkins. Squirrels boldly scampering into the road. And a lot more calls about squirrel roadkill.
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