Within these habitats, red squirrels build nests 3-18 m (10-60 ft) above the ground inside a natural tree cavity, abandoned woodpecker nest, or on a branch. Exposed nests are usually near the trunk on ...

Once squirrels have established a nest in the attic ... they can cause lots of interior damage very quickly. They chew and gnaw on almost anything they can, which can lead to expensive repairs.

Merriam commented on the rarity of the gray squirrel in the Adirondack interior, rare enough to report individual ... Home for a gray squirrel may be a leafy nest, a dome-shaped mass of twigs and ...