Today I raised the bar for the squirrels. Now the corn is too high to be reached from the bench. In order to get to it the squirrels must go up the brace and out on the support to get to the corn. It is not hard but it is not as easy as just standing on the bench and chewing off a kernel or two.
When the corn was easily accessible the dominant squirrel would chase away any other squirrels that came within about a four foot range. Now that it takes a bit more effort to get the corn the squirrels are not quite so territorial. Said another way, their personal space is smaller when maintaining it results in a greater expenditure of energy.
I keep wondering if it is possible to extrapolate from the behavior of squirrels to the behavior of humans?
New squirrel pictures this weekend.
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