And often, those predictions are spot on."Looking at the hedge apples and squirrel nests, last year we predicted a warmer than usual winter," remembers Belski.

Folklore: If the squirrels build their nests high in the tree, the winter will be cold. Remember what Belski found in that 35-foot Poplar Tree. "Most nests are extremely high this year.

Nests are also used for storing food, which is especially important in the winter when a snowstorm could bury most of the food a squirrel would need. Squirrels use their nests throughout the year ...

Squirrel nests. The folklore: The higher in the tree the squirrels make their leafy nests, the more severe will be the winter. The closer to the trunk of the tree they place those nests, ...

Squirrels have litters of two to four kittens the spring and fall, making winter as the best time to remove a nest. Nests are easily removed by knocking them out of trees using long poles.

Squirrel Week kicks off with a look at home, sweet home April 9, 2016 John L. Koprowski, a biologist and professor at the University of Arizona, with a Pallas’s squirrel at a Squirrel Zoo near ...

Severe winter weather ahead, according to wildlife folklore forecast. Published: ; Nov. 09, 2017, 10:00 a.m.

They are squirrel nests, built in winter for roosting when it’s cold. Birds don’t sleep in nests during winter, but rather roost in warm places within shrubs, trees and other vegetation.

As the cold settled in this weekend, not much was stirring around our garden. The resident deer herd was nowhere to be seen. A few birds could be heard but our feeders have been very quiet this fall.

The nest boxes will then be left at ILW for Nature’s Nursery to pick up and use for the squirrels during the cold winter months. The workshops will take place at 3156 W. Central Ave. on: ...

When all those leaves fell off the trees last fall, we were surprised to see a clump of dried leaves up high in the maple tree. We had seen these nests all over local subdivisions and woods, but ...