They look so warm and snuggly with their big fluffy tails curled over them 🥹

I love how every time he brought in new leaves, he touches her as off to say, ‘Just rest dear, kick your feet up! I’ll be back with more!’ If only I could find a man like that! Lol

@jaywinters2483

Ай бұрын

THey don't cheat, either.

@SavedByJesus-pi3yu

15 күн бұрын

How do you know the busy one was the male? I’m honestly asking because I was wondering if it was a male and female or two females since I have seen other houses with sisters in it only because they use each others heat in winter so buddy up but not necessarily for raising family. I though probably a couple too but was thinking the one all excited and eager to decorate was the female because wives get excited, want to decorate and make it “homey” where the men are usually more laid back. They are obviously squirrels not humans but it was super weird that only one squirrel did everything while the other was just sitting there, not even being a lookout or anything, almost like it was falling asleep lol

@nanapam6376

14 күн бұрын

@@SavedByJesus-pi3yu Good point! I guess I just assumed. I did have a husband that did that for me when I was pregnant with his three sons. He just outgrew it as the boys got older. Lol

I’ve always liked squirrels ever since childhood 🐿️

We're so glad that they put "this is a human made squirrel shelter" I mean, imagine how many people would of thought it was animal made

@F0RRET

Ай бұрын

youd be surprised

@gospelofrye6881

Ай бұрын

Never underestimate a squirrel.

@jacobhoffman2553

Ай бұрын

well they have to put "do not eat" on things like laundry detergent..... so..... im gonna say they needed to put "human made" on this

@nanapam6376

Ай бұрын

@@jacobhoffman2553 I almost posted ‘Hey now’ but your comment was spot on! 😂😂

@PutlerXLO

Ай бұрын

about 331,9 million? :D

As someone who is equally happy to see squirrels or birds making use of his back yard I'm glad to see this

@rockwellrhodes7703

Күн бұрын

I'm glad you stated "or" as you won't see both animals sharing the same yard. Squirrels eventually take over and drive other species out.

@erikgilson1687

6 сағат бұрын

@@rockwellrhodes7703 good

Thank you for making a nice home for our squirrely friends!

This video is so precious it warms my heart to see the care and concern you have shown towards these squirrels.

I got my dad a box for his birthday and I hope he enjoys putting it up and the squirrels or some kind of animal makes a home inside. ❤

Enjoyed. thanx for not ruining it with music

I realize this is a video but that squirrel was wasted no time and claiming that box I can see his point with housing prices

@nohandle4u2see

4 ай бұрын

He probably felt it was much better than "living in a van... Down by the river". (Which, it is) I noticed only one seemed to do all the moving in. The other was just chilling.

@gastondoumerc7863

3 ай бұрын

Ha! Yeah, I bet the Redfin ad stated, “Lovely studio apartment, top floor unit, 1 sq/ft, renovated with lots of light. No HOA fees. Won’t last long. $850,000.”

@nooooooooooooodle

Ай бұрын

I had a stroke just reading this 😂

@sponge8558

22 күн бұрын

Squirrel’s nest are called Dred but not a word and also by 2 or long would be dred’s.

Watch the Dad scramble to gather leaves, while the (future) mom sits at the foot of the box and watch!!!!!!!!!!!! Mama Mia!!!

Beautiful fur babies 🐿🐾😍💙🩷

I’m a huge cat & dog lover but also every since I was a kid I’ve loved rabbits, marmots, otters, beavers, chipmunks & squirrels. When I was a little kid My Mom always fed the birds & squirrels in our yard so I became very fond of squirrels & they are nostalgic to me due to those memories. They are adorable & quite smart & very industrious little buggers. Watching them is actually relaxing & their little quirks are funny. Glad these guys have a nice little apartment now that keeps them warm & safe.

In Florida, we have these squirrels. They are cute. Love the video! ❤

Bloody gorgeous. Love how cos they are in there together 😊🤗🥰

I feed them🥜 🐿 here in my neighborhood! Jefferson Park, chicago 🇺🇲 !!

Beautiful squirrels and the nest

This is so cool 😎 🎉

Thank you for posting

Love watching this 🎉❤

It’s funny how the one squirrel is just sitting there almost looks like it’s sleeping while the other squirrel is super active and excited to decorate and get things done. Not sure if it’s a mates pair or just friends but it reminds me of how human couples are when they move into a new home. The man is usually laid back but the wife is eager to decorate and busy planning how to renovate and make the place seem “homey”. The busy squirrel would be the wife in this scenerio

Two young squirrels found a good nest box to keep warm in the winter time and bring nuts to snack the weather very badly.

So cute!

Thank you so much for this video years ago I lived in Seaback, Washington and I built a squirrel house for the red squirrel that lived in the fir tree next to our house and when we opened it that little squirrel had filled the whole thing tight with the moss that grows on those trees up there And he had made a tunnel to sleep in. I'm sure he was toasty warm all winter, but that was before the days of trail cams or GoPro.

❤❤this is so cool 😊

So cute ❤❤

Really great photography 🇬🇧

@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife

12 күн бұрын

Thank you

This box needs a ledge on the inside below the entrance. Half the size of the inside diameter. A raccoon can still reach inside and can easily grab a squirrel.

@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the suggestions. I put an inch ledge inside and half inch plate outside the entrance hole.

@nanapam6376

Ай бұрын

As a mother, I was a nervous wreck after the chewed away the wood to expose the metal screws. I mean ‘you could put an eye out!’😂

Ive started taking nuts to the park when we walk our dog. There are several squirrels there and they chatter at us when we walk by.

@VersinKettorix

3 ай бұрын

The chattering is just the first sign of trouble. When the squirrels start forming up and snapping their fingers in unison and waving little knives around while doing some kind of _West Side Story_ dance number, you'll know they have formed a gang and that the park is now their turf.

Какие хозяйственные милые зверушки. Оценили Вашу заботу, радуют любителей белочек. Интересно наблюдать за ними. 🤣😅😂☝🐿

THANKS FOR THE VIDEO

@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife

6 ай бұрын

You're welcome, thanks for watching!

Magnifique 😊❤❤❤

I love squirrels!!!!!

I've only ever had fox squirrels in my central illinois neighborhood. Almost 40 years in my current house & I had a gray squirrel show up for the first time last year. I was ecstatic, I'd never seen one before. He got chased by the fox squirrels and only stayed a few months. I hope he's alright, wherever he went. My neighbors all hate me for feeding them and attracting them to the neighborhood. Sorry, not sorry 😊

@cappystrano1

3 ай бұрын

Ha ha, that’s cool! Wait till they get to the wiring in your car!😊

@dwightschrute900

3 ай бұрын

Worth it

Thanks for telling us that it was a human made box. I was just thinking where the squirrels got their screwdrivers from.

@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife

3 ай бұрын

😂

Nice 😻

@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Yes squirrels are omnivors. That's the way they live. It's nature. Much of the earth's critters are omnivorous. It nature. No worries mate.

Here in the United States, squirrels also run for political office.

@EmilyTienne

Ай бұрын

We’d be better off if we had actual squirrels in the halls of Congress.

@theviewer7262

4 күн бұрын

Yeah wed probably fare better

Hi again. Thanks so much for filming this video along with the information. I have always liked squirrels since I was a child and now I am 55 and still like them. I love all of God's creatures except the mosquitoes lol.

There is no way a human made this. I saw 3 squirrels making a similar wooden box home just yesterday. I think the squirrels started selling them on Amazon, too.

@Mike1984-lc9rh

12 күн бұрын

lol

in your eating habits you forgot to mention all the garden birds eggs and young they eat

@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info

@jackriley5974

2 ай бұрын

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt !!

My Jack Russell Terrier goes bananas when she sees one. When she was younger, she almost caught one. She was fast in her day.

This needs some corrections and info. This is not a couple, they are young siblings, around 5 months old. Greys are solitary. One of them is sick or injured, resting most of the time. The nesting box is not predatory safe, it needs 2 access point, one up high, one on the other side down low. Squirrels will flee when a racoon arrives. When there is only one entrance, they will run right into the claws. Don't use any screws or nails on the inside, they will chew the wood around it and get hurt eventually.

@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife

8 күн бұрын

Thanks a lot for the info and recommendations, the squirrels abandoned this nest box and will build a new one considering your inputs. Again thank you !

@Mike1984-lc9rh

8 күн бұрын

@@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife Thank you for doing this. I'm a wildlife rehabber and haled, raised and released many greys.

Really nice ❤

@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊

Cool

I know I need to go to bed because I just came here after watching a bunch of bird nest videos including your house wren vid, and I saw this thumbnail and clicked while thinking "oooh squirrels I wonder how many eggs they laid..." *sigh*:

@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot

They moved in quickly and wasted no time in the remodel 😂

❤❤❤👍👍

I may get a nest box for the oak tree in my yard. there are always squirrels in it. Thanks....

@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife

5 ай бұрын

Go for it!

We have so many squirrels here in New England and my backyard as well. I love wildlife but when they dig up my garden and the mulch I have around my house time for them to go. The past 3 years I have trapped over 40 + squirrels and drive at least 5 miles to release them into the woods outside town. This year 2024 I have at least 6 of them playing grab ass and time for them to go come spring.

Nice and original video. If baby squirrels can also be recorded, I'm sure it will attract more attention.

@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife

Ай бұрын

Yes, definitely

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Greyt video 😊

good to know that its humanmade! Nice :)

@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife

4 ай бұрын

Indeed!

❤❤❤❤😊😊😊

How big is the hole to enter and exit?

@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. The hole diameter is 3 inches. This will protect the squirrels from predators like raccoons, cats and owls.

👍👍👍👍👍👍

What camera did you use and how you keep your power supply?

@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife

3 ай бұрын

I use Green Feathers camera, it is wired with 12V power supply. If you want to buy one the link is in the description.

@purnapulami7648

3 ай бұрын

@@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife thank you for quick response. I will get one

Where can I buy the squirrel house from ? I do not see it on the site.

@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife

3 ай бұрын

Green Feathers don’t sell squirrel houses but Amazon is selling a lot of them

they are in kings county nova scotia

You need a permit to make a house of ANY size. It must have proper plumbing and lighting. 💯

What do you suppose was the reason for the initial chewing?

@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife

19 күн бұрын

Maybe to widen the space

@Mike1984-lc9rh

12 күн бұрын

@@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife They have to chew on wood because their incisors never stop growing. They have to grind them down or the teeth will grow out of their mouth to the point that they can't eat anymore. They grow about 6 inches every year.

I have a question. When two or three squirrels build a nest together to sleep, it means they are family, a couple to pass winter, or they can stay together even if they are from other families as a form of survival? These two seems a couple or two family members staying together.

@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife

12 күн бұрын

Seems to me they are siblings, they left the shelter as soon as winter ends

@temarishi

11 күн бұрын

@@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife thank you!!

Found out just one of the squirrels was going out to get the leaves while the other arrange the room

I love squirrels, I have raised 3 sets of abandoned babies and released them on our property.

These guys need a separate room just for their tails.

@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife

Ай бұрын

😀

I guess by the information supplied that the only design flaw was that bit of wood at the bottom. 😁

@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife

5 ай бұрын

That's right

They gnawed that wood down to the metal screw

@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife

Ай бұрын

Yes I’ll be removing that metal screw soon

Уютный домик у белочек

@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

They're also known to raid bird nest for eggs and nestings.

@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife

Ай бұрын

that’s nature

@erikgilson1687

Ай бұрын

Good

@Mike1984-lc9rh

12 күн бұрын

Thats extremely rare and rather a false myth that gets told by folks with no clue.

why do they chew on the inside wood?

@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife

3 ай бұрын

My guess is that they want a bigger space

What camera did you use?

@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife

2 ай бұрын

Green Feathers camera, if you want to buy one the link is in the description

Measurements?

@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife

4 ай бұрын

measurements of the nest box?

O would have added nuts

Squirrels chewed on wood blocks inside the nest and exposed nails as though they were sticking out. It’s their fault but it’s a bit concerning in case babies blindly wiggle around and get scratched by the nails

@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife

3 ай бұрын

I already removed the wood screws that the sharp ends are facing the inside of the nest box. Thanks for the comments and for viewing.

Они себе зубы не сломали об шурупы ? Надо эти ступеньки приклеивать, а не прикручивать в следующий раз.

@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife

4 ай бұрын

Maybe not. I agree with you 100 percent

Are you sure that’s human made? I thought I saw a small hammer in one squirrel’s hand.

@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife

4 күн бұрын

😂

Squatters

@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife

Ай бұрын

😀

Like to know how to get rid of them

@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife

3 ай бұрын

😂

Tree rats

@kevinc7632

3 ай бұрын

Dirty apes

My houses were better and stronger .

I thought that said Eastern Gay Squirrel 🤮🤣🤮🤣

In case anyone’s wondering, they taste like chicken

@lilg8017

Ай бұрын

it'd probably be more interesting if they didn't

@Mike1984-lc9rh

12 күн бұрын

In case anyone’s wondering, your I Q is around 70.

@confucius2616

11 күн бұрын

@@Mike1984-lc9rh it was a joke Karen. Lighten up Trumper

Pest

Why is one squirrel sleeping and the other gettin all the leaves?

@IllinoisBackyardBirdsNWildlife

2 ай бұрын

The other one is the boss, maybe 🙂

@Mike1984-lc9rh

12 күн бұрын

It is clearly sick or injured.