Tag: Squirrel

  • 2022 Cross-country Drive (Part 1: Overview)

    2022 Cross-country Drive (Part 1: Overview)

    Overview Over the last 10.5 years, I have taken all of two weekends completely off from work. Just those two times that I did not work at all. No other vacations, just working hard in start-up mode well past the start-up phase. I do not have strong enough words to warn you off from doing…

  • Squirrel Tech Support

    Last year in October, I did a release of Fox squirrels for Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation after they had been rehabilitated. These squirrels couldn’t go back exactly where they came from because the owner of the property wasn’t available to give permission, which is required by Colorado Parks and Wildlife regulations. A wonderful lady that was…

  • 10 Greatest Squirrel Attacks of All Time

    In the wake of the ‘Squirrel Power‘ article by Jon Mooallem who boldly proclaimed “OH MY GOD, LOOK, I WROTE ABOUT POWER OUTAGES CAUSED BY SQUIRRELS IN THE NEW YORK TIMES“. I had to remind him that while awesome, he is not the first to warn people of this dastardly threat. In a presentation titled…

  • The Popcorn Thesis

    During a recent email thread, a friend and I were comparing our local squirrels. She put forth that her Chicago squirrels did not eat popcorn, to which I expressed my disbelief. I couldn’t imagine a squirrel turning their nose up at it. I said I would have to test that theory. I’ll be curious whether…

  • Why Squirrels…

    I get that question frequently, for obvious reasons. Not only is the attrition.org mascot a demented angry squirrel named Lazlo, but I seemingly have a serious fixation on squirrels if you read my Twitter stream. For over two years, I have been feeding squirrels that made their way up to my balcony, some that come…

  • Squirrel Power?

    [07-16 23:55] jericho: zoo was too busy, so did the aquarium and the children’s museum [07-16 23:59] K: how was that? [07-16 23:59] jericho: aquarium was pretty neat. never been to the one here [07-16 23:59] jericho: children’s museum is not a museum, rather a place for kids activities [07-16 23:59] K: right [07-16 23:59]…