Cathy from Wayne sent in a question (remember, send yours to [email protected]) specifically asking about the use of some of these larger leafy squirrel nests, and now seems like the perfect time to ...

That strange ball of leaves and twigs in your empty tree isn't quite what you think it is... and you definitely don't want to ...

The summer foliage of deciduous trees has dropped and their bare limbs are exposed. What is discovered in the bare canopies? The bare winter tree limbs reveal what busy neighborhood squirrels have ...

A gentleman from Andover witnessed, and well described, the behavior or a pair of gray squirrels gathering leaves in fall to build a nest together. Never having seen this process, I have always been ...

It's always pleasant to see a bird nest in one of the trees in your yard, but sometimes looks can be deceiving. You don't ...

In the starkness of winter, squirrel dreys reveal themselves in the tree canopy. They’ve been there all along — just screened by trees’ leafy crowns for much of the year. Dreys are shaggy masses of ...

If you’re like many New Jerseyans, you probably haven’t given much thought to squirrels, except maybe wondering how to keep them out of your birdfeeders. They’re so common in every New Jersey ...

While walking around the yard clipping some greens for holiday decorating, I found a few gifts in the form of bird nests ...

Stan Boutin has climbed more than 5,000 spruce trees in the last 30 years. He has often returned to the forest floor knowing if a ball of twigs and moss within the tree contained newborn red squirrel ...

A surefire way to see more birds in your backyard this spring and summer is to offer them more of what they need. Basically, birds are interested in food, water and shelter, but there can be many ...