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I have not seen it here in TX, where we have Fox Squirrels, but I did back in
CT. Red Squirrels and Gray Squirrels, usually eating eggs in nests. Nasty
critters.....
Clay Taylor
TOS Life Member
Swarovski Optik N.A.
(Calallen) Corpus Christi, TX
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On May 23, 2020, at 11:32 PM, Andy Dietrich <andydietrich10@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
While walking yesterday returning along Magnolia Parkway from retention
ponds I encountered something I HAD never seen before. I saw a squirrel on
the ground being harassed by a Mockingbird and upon getting closer the
Mockingbird flew to the top of fence. As I got closer to squirrel under the
tree it was eating something that I thought was a spouting acorn but it
dropped it as I passed. Sprouts on acorn did not look right so I walked up to
base of tree and observed a headless baby bird. It was very windy and don't
know if the bird fell from a nest or squirrel had snatched it from a nest.
Baby bird could not have been over a couple of days old. Has anyone else
observed squirrels eating birds?
Andy Dietrich
Pearland, TX
