A video posted to Facebook resembled something out of an M. Night Shyamalan movie. Shot from a moving car, it shows a road full of dead squirrel carcasses blurring past in shocking succession. Confused motorists in New Hampshire, meanwhile, have taken to Twitter. Why are there so many dead squirrels everywhere?! I swear half of the NH squirrel population are dead on the roads. For anyone posting on this topic, are the dead squirrels you are finding a little on the small side?
We have a bunch of juvenile squirrels this time of year trying to figure out how to survive. Not all of them make it. Can you tell if the squirrels you are finding are adults or are they juveniles? As far as I know, All the squirrels found in the neighborhood were adult squirrels Today, Sunday July 20th Another Dead squirrel in my yard! What should I do? Just pick it up and put it in the garbage double-bagged. I asked the IDNR district wildlife biologist and he said there have been many reports of dead squirrels in the C-U area this summer, but nothing outside normal ranges.
Really weird, I googled this today because I've had 5 dead squirrels in my yard all in the past three months for absolutely 0 reason. I've never seen this before to begin with, let alone so many in such a concentrated time. Very strange. Warwick, NY. I thought it was just my area! This is after last year where we had an enormous amount of dead squirrels found on the road. Does anyone know where we can report this to? I was sad enough to read that blue jays have a mysterious illness this year, and the population is dwindling.
I used to have at least 10 to 15 blue jays at my feeders regularly. Last year we had so many squirrels and birds and chipmunks, that they eating our entire crop of tomatoes.
This year, not one one chipmunk, nd one or two squirrels. I have 2 oak trees and always have a bunch of them around. I live in Tampa Florida and have noticed a much higher than normal amount of dead squirrels. The other day while riding my bike, I saw one run right under a car driving around 20 MPH. It could have easily avoided this situation.
Another cause of death appears to be from falling out of trees. It does appear to be a reasonable explanation that they are taking more risk. Is it something in the air? Are they having a pandemic? In the summer one day I seen 3 dead. I also just seen 2 dead lying in the snow, along with other ones in the past month.
I am also in Ringwood, NJ. I saw 1 on my deck rail the other day. The next day I realized I had not seen any others in weeks. We do not have cicadas either so I rule that out. Hickory nuts are falling in my yard and there are no squirrels. Something IS strange. Very heartbreaking. I live in Hoboken, NJ and we are seeing dead squirrels everywhere.
Some have just curled up and died sleeping next to telephone poles. Another three were right in front of our parking garage. One young squirrel laid down and died in front of a street advertising sign. Another older one was found days later like it just laid down and went to sleep and died. Another may have been hit by a car or also laid down and went to sleep and died, then got ran over. Dana, call your animal control officer. I could see more in the distance if I kept going south on the Hutch.
Bangor Maine area here. I have to brake check for what I like to call suicidal squirrels on my entire trek to work. Squirrels had free reign when we were in quarantine. Now they have to adjust to more commuters. Dead squirrels all over the place. I figured since humans have been in quarantine, squirrels had a lot more freedom. Now that people are moving again, squirrels have to adjust. New York has a lot of squirrels and yes dead ones also A lot of them.
And not much food for them. No acorns. They eat pumpkin so beware when you set yours outside this year! Joan, we have a great tip you might like to keep them out. Check it out here. Sadly, I can confirm that northern New Jersey has dead squirrels on almost every roadside. And sincere concern has driven me to seek out some sort of explanation.
Thank you! Some areas have 10 or more built up in a small section of highway. It really makes you think about the frailty and value of life. I googled it to see if something was up and came across this page. Someone must know. I was wondering the same thing. Falls Church, VA this year we have no squirrels!
We have been seeing them a lot on the New York State thruway. Especially down in the Tarrytown are. Could the increase in road kill be that the squirrels had the run of the road during the Covid lockdown? There were so many squirrels in my neighborhood this year, they ate all the tomatoes in my garden; first time in 45 years this has happened. Hi my name is Steven Justo. I live in North Jersey. I too have noticed an increase in squirrel road kills.
It too darted into the street but it was the worse timing. Why you ask? Because a vehicle was approaching at a fast speed on a 25 and got caught underneath the car. I knew that squirrel was a goner. When I looked back, all I can see was the squirrel got hit bad. Twice per year: Female squirrels can mate only twice a year, but males can mate at any time. Often, several males will attempt to mate with the same female. They try to attract her attention by slapping the bark of trees with their paws and chattering loudly.
After the mating the males play no part in the rearing of the young. Birth occurs six weeks after mating. Squirrels have two breeding periods per year, one in mid-summer and another in early spring. In the Vancouver and lower mainland BC area, young are usually born between March and April, with a second litter arriving around July or August. Litter size: Female squirrels produce litters between 1 and 7 offspring typically 5 or 6.
Rearing: The naked, blind and deaf young are fed every two to four hours for several weeks. At seven - eight weeks, they start to follow their mother around within the den site.
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