Issue with Ground Squirrels in my Yard

[Goblor]

They are too cute and make me want to barf butterflies:

[Kalidurga]

1. I want a squirrel feeder

I also want to feed crows though and I don't think I want to start a crow and squirrel war.

[Goblor]

2. Crows

are magnificent! So are squirrels... Both are smart. You have a challenge on your hands.

[Kalidurga]

3. Yep I wouldn't want to put the squirrels in danger of the crows

Crows will gang up on a lone squirrel. I do love both though.

[grasswire]

4. crows and squirrels both come to my feeder..

..also flickers and sparrows and assorted other birds.

There's no fighting. Until the blue jays show up.

[Kalidurga]

5. good to know

I scared my self silly looking at squirrel vs crow videos.

[NickB79]

6. We had 13-striped ground squirrels in our yard. They were cute, but......

The bastards wrecked havoc on my attempts at converting my yard to a permaculture system. Ruined vegetable beds, perennial crops with the roots eaten away, even girdling and killing several fruit trees in my small orchard.

They are not with us anymore. Now that my permaculture plantings are more established though, I wouldn't object to them re-establishing a population on my property again.