By Greg Mayer The following photos were sent to me by a colleague, and were taken during a trip to Costa Rica during December, 2011- January, 2012. We’ll start with the crocodiles of Rio Grande...
https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2021/05/07/readers-wildlife-photos-1295/
Reader Barry called my attention to this video and the article about the Nutty Bar from station KDKA in Pittsburgh. An excerpt (my emphasis): People are going nuts for an Ohio woodworker’s late...
https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2020/08/31/man-builds-nut-bar-for-squirrels/
Many readers sent me this video made by engineer and inventor Mark Rober about his attempt to build a Rube-Goldberg-like bird feeder that would foil squirrels. (This is the ultimate pandemic proj...
https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2020/05/28/squirrel-proof-bird-feeder-dont-bet-on-it/
Because of a paucity of readers’ wildlife photos (I do have some, so if you sent them have patience), I’m deferring posting those till tomorrow, replacing them with a SQUIRREL CENSUS post by ...
https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2020/01/11/central-park-squirrel-census/
Today we have several photos of a rodential nature, and from two readers, whose comments are indented. As lagniappe, there’s a crustacean and a bird. The first batch comes from Gary Womble: Onl...
https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2019/05/19/readers-wildlife-photos-817/
by Greg Mayer A trip to San Diego last month gave me the opportunity to check out the squirrel situation there. The native vegetation is coastal sage scrub and chapparal, with oaks and pines in...
https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2019/02/03/the-squirrels-of-san-diego/
by Greg Mayer Pulling into the parking lot behind my office this morning, an eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) sat in the middle of the road, blocking my way. This is an unusually bold...
Reader Lee Eberly from Iowa City sent a video of a most enterprising squirrel. His notes: Gotta love ’em! Had not anticipated that when I installed the handrail. Sorry about the quality. Sh...
https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2018/11/18/readers-bird-feeder-attacked-by-parkouring-squirrel/