By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist “We could see the squirrels as they came closer, jumping from tree to tree, bridging ...

Adults weigh 454-681 g (1-1.5 lb). The deciduous forests of the eastern half of North America provide optimum habitat for the gray squirrel, but the range includes portions of the mixed forest in ...

This is no surprise, as Tallahassee is a city within a forest, and the most common herbivore in the area is the eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis). Our only other squirrel species is the ...