I love to look at them, too, Meg.....but what I don't love about them is what they have done to my tree by my front porch! Ring after ring of holes - (and there are no insects in the tree, because I have it treated by an arborist every year!)
(I have even tried squirting them with a water pistol - LOL!)
It’s the squirrels who do damage here..to the eaves of my house and the wiring in the attic..I back up to woods..so I just have to endure it and pay for repairs.
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