Nature Nurses says each squirrel goes through a minimum of one pound of nuts in the shell for their stay so they’ve set a goal of 500 pounds. “There are a few ways you can help us reach our goal.

We feed them salted and unsalted peanuts in the shell, walnuts, pecans, almonds and Brazil nuts. We used to feed them just peanuts, but this one squirrel, I named “Finicky,” seemed to always ...

In a 1992 study published in Animal Behaviour, Dr. Lucia F. Jacobs observed what five hand-raised grey squirrels did with shelled hazelnuts and blocks of laboratory rodent chow.

Then store the shelled nuts in the freezer. Butternuts are processed in the same fashion. Hickory nuts: After the prompt harvest of hickory nuts, allow the nuts to dry in a shaded area for a few days.

I was recently asked by a local TV news station to answer a question about how squirrels find their buried nuts. This is a great example of super cool things that go on in nature that most people ...

Squirrels will retrieve the nuts as soon as there are no other food sources around. So, if you see the scavengers out in full force this fall, just remember they're on a survival mission.