Do You See Many Squirrels Where You Live/
@bagarad (14283)
Paso Robles, California
April 28, 2016 10:59pm CST
On the California Central Coast we have a lot of squirrels. We have ground squirrels that beg for handouts on our beaches and eat our gardens. We also have tree squirrels that play in the trees and sometimes raid bird feeders.
Squirrels are cute little rodents. I met my first squirrels when I was six years old and my parents took me to the Capitol Park in Sacramento. The squirrels were so tame there they would eat out of my hand. I really enjoyed that experience.
Do you remember when you saw your first squirrel? What did you think of it? Have you changed your opinion of squirrels since then? I stopped thinking ground squirrels were cute when they totally destroyed my garden.
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@peavey (16936)
• United States
29 Apr 16
Oh, I don't even want to think about squirrels! There are so many here that they're a real headache. They stripped the bark from my elm tree so I had to have it trimmed way back and I'm afraid they're going to kill it. I can't grow sunflowers or pumpkins because they eat them. They're just pests to me.
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@OldRoadsOnceTraveled (331)
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5 May 16
Turkeys are becoming my nemesis now. They're mean, and bold enough to attack moving cars. I've been held hostage in my own driveway several times.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
6 May 16
@OldRoadsOnceTraveled Couldn't an angry car fight back? Or are they an endangered species? Peculiar, isn't it, that the laws for killing one of an endangered species are enforced more rigidly than those for killing humans?
@OldRoadsOnceTraveled (331)
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5 May 16
@bagarad I wish these would run or fly away. They'll come and attack, and they have no fear of moving cars. They'll stop traffic in the middle of the road in a heartbeat.
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@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
29 Apr 16
I don't see a lot of squirrels in my backyard, but at the park or the beach - I will.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
29 Apr 16
They took all the enjoyment and peace out of gardening. Every day I'd come to the garden and see another tomato plants mercilessly cut to the ground. I decided the stress of fighting them and losing wasn't worth it. What made me mad was that they didn't even eat the crops. They just chopped them off at the ground. The raccoons would at least take a bite and throw the rest away, but they left the plant so we could have some, too.
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@pinkCardigangirl (587)
• United States
29 Apr 16
I think I saw my first squirrel camping. I don't have squirrels where I live here, but my mother has a couple that play in her tree and run along the telephone wire. They're cute to look at. I don't think she's had any problems with them yet. :)
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@pinkCardigangirl (587)
• United States
29 Apr 16
@bagarad They haven't yet. They just seem to run along them to get from one house to another. It's probably safer than them running on the street. :)
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
29 Apr 16
@pinkCardigangirl I've never seen them do that here, but we have so many trees they don't need to.
@kaka135 (14994)
• Malaysia
29 Apr 16
I didn't know there are ground squirrels and tree squirrels, and I don't know the differences of them. I don't remember seeing any squirrels when I was young, perhaps I seldom went to the park or get near to the nature. I am not sure if the first time I saw a squirrel was a few years ago, when I brought my children to the park nearby my house, and we saw a few squirrels climbing up the tree. They look really cute, but I have not feed them before.
Since I stay near the park now, and always bring my children to the park, so I always get to see one or two squirrels in the park, though not many. 
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
30 Apr 16
It's really not a good idea to feed them. They can carry diseases. Just enjoy watching them from a distance.
.. I think they are so cute. Especially when you give them food. But i saw that on the movies only 
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
29 Apr 16
I guess a lot of us are thinking about squirrels today.
@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
29 Apr 16
I grew up in upstate NY and now in Canada. There have always been squirrels where I live. Here we have the brown, the gray and the black. They are everywhere. They don't bother our gardens but they try and sometimes succeed to get into the attic in the winter...This past winter was the first for the squirrels in the attic. I hope its the last.
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@abhinalstrikr (4110)
• India
4 Aug 16
i didn't really know my age when i first saw but i was in my earliest indeed
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