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On Fri, 2 Oct 2026 13:24:48 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 01/10/2026 21:36, rbowman wrote:
>> On Thu, 1 Oct 2026 11:23:21 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> 
>>> And maybe we'll do in a squirrel or two while we go poisoning the
>>> pigeons in the park
>> 
>> I haven't seen a gray squirrel when I live in a long time. They're
>> another urban dweller.  There are pine squirrels in the woods.
>> 
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_red_squirrel
>> 
>> Out of necessity they live on pine and Douglas fir cones. It's common
>> to see a midden around their favorite stump where they've been shelling
>> out the cones and caching the seeds. They aren't hunted since they're
>> too small to be worthwhile and I doubt a squirrel that lives on conifer
>> seeds is very tasty compared to a corn fed gray squirrel.
> 
> Red squirrels are pretty tasty apparently. I wonder if they are the same
> as the (now protected) UK species?

No. Those are Sciurus vulgaris.  The pine squirrels are S. tamiasciurus 
and are quite small, around 8 ounces. Turn about is fair play so the UK 
red squirrels are out competed by the eastern gray squirrel some idiot 
imported from the US.