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  2. Drey - Wikipedia

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    Two squirrels in the entrance of a drey. Male and female squirrels may share the same nest for short times during a breeding season, and during cold winter spells squirrels may share a drey to stay warm. However, females nest alone when pregnant. In North America, squirrels produce broods of about three "pups" twice a year.

  3. Western gray squirrel - Wikipedia

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    A western gray squirrel eating pine seeds from a pine cone. Squirrel nests are called dreys and can be seen in trees, built from sticks and leaves wrapped with long strands of grass. There are two stick nest types made by the western gray squirrel: the first is a large, round, covered shelter nest for winter use, birthing, and rearing young.

  4. Southern fox squirrel - Wikipedia

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    Southern fox squirrels have two types of nests, leaf nests and den nests. [6] Den nests are remodeled cavities in trees that they use as nurseries in winter seasons. [ 8 ] If den nests aren't available, southern fox squirrels will build waterproof leaf nests from twigs, leaves, moss, and grasses. [ 8 ]

  5. Eastern gray squirrel - Wikipedia

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    Eastern gray squirrels are crepuscular, [24] or more active during the early and late hours of the day, and tend to avoid the heat in the middle of a summer day. [40] They do not hibernate. [41] Eastern gray squirrels can breed twice a year, but younger and less experienced mothers normally have a single litter per year in the spring.

  6. American red squirrel - Wikipedia

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    Nests are also excavated from witches' broom – abnormally dense vegetative growth resulting from a rust disease – or cavities in the trunks of spruce, poplar, and walnut trees. American red squirrels rarely nest below ground. Each individual squirrel has several nests within its territory, and females with young move them between nests.

  7. How To Keep Squirrels Away From Your Home And Garden - AOL

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    Gray squirrels are active during the day, while flying squirrels are active at night, says Mengak. If you discover a squirrel nesting in your home or shed, look for its entryway into the structure ...

  8. Tree squirrel - Wikipedia

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    Once established in a nest, squirrels ignore fake owls and scarecrows, along with bright flashing lights, loud noises, and ultrasonic or electromagnetic devices. However, squirrels must leave the nest to obtain food and water (usually daily, except in bad weather), affording an opportunity to trap them or exclude them from re-entering. [7] [9]

  9. 30 Times People Were Shocked By What They Saw In ... - AOL

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    Also squirrels—although the jazz pianist might have been a more mangled chipmunk. All with hand crocheted outfits made by the father. It was the one time my mother forced me to go to a kid’s ...