Lorraine Mc Kenna tells us that the squirrels around her house are Gray and she has not seen any red squirrels. She remembers seeing black squirrels years ago in another location. She says they are all from the rodent family.
Brother Jim lives right beside a lake near Chicago and has water in the back garden. He told me last night that he placed out about five boxes for Wood Duck and they have bred in them. Must have Irish blood in them as there were 14 babies in one family and eleven in another. Next year he will have to put TV's in the boxes to keep control. He tells me they eat acorns and as soon as they leave the nests they head into the woods.
Ed Butler who contacted this web recently will be glad to know that Pat Butler and his daughter Mary Butler were on the phone last night and Mary will contact you. She says that there is an amount of information to be found if you use a search engine and write roscommonleitrim she thinks its dot com
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
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