With a Little Help from Our Squirrel Friends
General Information
- The Squirrel Place
- Squirrel FAQ provided by The Squirrel Place
- Articles about Squirrels
- Squirrel News & Articles
- All About Squirrels
- Squirrel Videos, Squirrel Pictures, and Squirrel Articles
Feeders and Homes
- Knwoodworks Squirrel Houses and Feeders
- Squirrel Feeders and Houses
- Woodlink Squirrel Homes and Feeders
- How to Build a Squirrel Nesting Box
- Nuts About Squirrels
- Squirrel House Plans
Nutrition, Food, and Feeding
- Squirrel Biscuits
- Squirrel Nut Ball Kits
- Squirrel Formula
- Squirrel Magic: Organic Virgin Raw Coconut Oil
- Pecan Meal
- Squirrel Nutrition and Care
- Chuckanut
- Stop the war! – Feed the Squirrels!
- How To Make Squirrel Food
- Healthy Squirrel Food
- Anuts
Imperial Hawk and Feral Cat Defense System
- Jute netting
- Sisal rope
- Jute rope
- Copper watering baths
- Solar-based water fountains
- Ground cover as
- Shrubs and bushes for cover
- Berry bushes as an autumn and winter food source
- Fruit-bearing trees as a food source and natural squirrel environment
- Angled and fastened small round mirrors on roof vent lids
- Upward-angled medium-sized round mirrors for roof corners and adjoining rooflines
- Gazing balls hanging from tree branches next to feeders
- Single large gazing balls for roof corners
- Fishing line between CD's swivel (at the top) and dangling CDs
- Swivels for dangling CDs
- Blank CDs for dangling CDs
- Wire for attaching swivels into drilled CD holes
- Wooden escape ramps
- Wooden escape poles
- Rope ladders poles
- Netting in "drone" zones
- Branches, boughs, and leaves
- Large rocks for shelter
- Medium rocks for shelter
- Logs for shelter
- Single large gazing balls
- Edible flowers
- Roasted, unsalted peanuts (in the shell)
- Red grapes
- Purple grapes
- Raw broken/halved walnuts
- Raw broken/halved pecans
- Raw shelled hazelnuts
- Raw shelled almonds
- Raw walnuts (in the shell)
- Raw pecans (in the shell)
- Raw hazelnuts (in the shell)
- Raw almonds (in the shell)
- Nest box framing wood
- Nest box framing nails
- Nest box framing wire
- Unbleached/undyed organic wool for bedding
- Unbleached/undyed organic cotton for bedding
- Tea tree oil to treat nest boxes and feeder against parasites
- Neem oil to treat nest boxes and feeder against parasites
- Small ceramic bowls to hold distilled drinking water
- Wide rubber-bands affixing small water bowls
- End-knotted sisal rope between fencing gap, tied to rubber-band around water bowl
- Sisal rope to cover over any wire fastening nest box to fram in tree
Emergency Rescue and Care
- Squirrel Nutrition and Care
- Information of Caring for Legal Unreleasable Squirrels
- Save Our Squirrels
- Care for Orphaned Squirrels
- Found A Baby Squirrel or Orphaned Squirrel?
- Squirrel Rehabilitation Facilty Connections
- How to Care for Abandoned Squirrels-A Guide From Day One to Release
- Emergency Squirrel Care Instructions
- Wildlife Rehabilitation: Basic Life Support — by Nancy A Schwartz; Xlibris, Corporation (August 12, 2010; 212 pages)
- Healers of the Wild: Rehabilitating Injured and Orphaned Wildlife — by Shannon K. Jacobs and Elaine Thrune; Johnson Books (June 2003)
Squirrel-specific Reference Books
- Squirrels of the West — by Tamara Hartson; Lone Pine Publishing (1999; 160 pages)
- Squirrels Wildlife Handbook — by Kim Long; Johnson Books (Boulder, Colorado; 1995; 181 pages)
- Squirrelly Tales (or Squirrel stories from the Oak Tree) — by Robert C. Bishop; free-to-read online book
- Mini Rehabilitation Guide for Squirrels — by William Sells, RN (Squirrel Haven Rescue); free-to-read emailed e-book
Reconnecting to the "Loving Wink of the Totalizing Wild"
- Kinship with All Life — by J. Allen Boone; HarperOne (1976; 160 pages)
- The Souls of Animals — by Gary Kowalski; New World Library (2007; 160 pages)
- Second Nature: The Inner Lives of Animals — by Jonathan Balcombe; Palgrave MacMillan (2011; 256 pages)
- The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy – and Why They Matter — by Marc Bekoff; New World Library (May 28, 2008; 240 pages)
- When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals — by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson and Susan McCarthy; Delta (May 2, 1996; 320 pages)
- Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures — by Virginia Morell; Crown (February 26, 2013; 304 pages)
- Wild Justice: The Moral Lives of Animals — by Marc Bekoff and Jessica Pierce; University Of Chicago Press (May 1, 2010; 208 pages)
Tales and Stories
Articles
Blogs and Forums
- I Love Squirrels – Group sharing their experiences with and understanding of squirrels.
- The Squirrel Board – Care, rehabilitation, nutrition, ailments, and much more.
News Stories
- The Squirrel Grenade – by T-Duck (January 18, 2004)
- Squirrels Squirrels Squirrels – It's like that Motley Crue song, but better.
Coloring Books and Pages
Cartoons
- The Nutty Squirrels
- Squirrel Cartoons – by T. McCracken
- The Squirrels – by Patrick McDonell (Bip and Bop are pure nutty mayhem. They help the unaware passerby achieve enlightenment via the BONK!)
Comic Books and Strips
Films
- The Squirrel & The Crow (8:30)
- Crow and Squirrel Fighting (4:23)
- Amazing Squirrel Fights off Crows — Protects Dead Friend's Body (1:16)
- Squirrel vs. Snake (4:11)
- The Squirrel and the Hawk (3:54)
Songs
- Squirrel Jam – 12 songs about squirrels
- For Squirrels – 18 music files
Poems
- The Squirrel – by Anonymous
- A Little Squirrel – by David Harris
- Ode to Squirrel – by superflysquirrel (December 26, 2007)
- A Red Squirrel – by marwee (February 7, 2008)
- The Red Squirrel
- Acorns for the Squirrels – a collection