Books

• Squirrel Wars: Backyard Wildlife Battles And How To Win Them
  Author(s): George H. Harrison
  Publisher: Willow Creek Press
  Date Published: April 2000
  Format: Paperback - 160 pages
  Amazon Price: $14.95
  Description: Despite our reverence for wildlife, many of our most favorite species raise havoc in lawns and gardens from city to suburbia. This book solves backyard problems with squirrels, raccoons, deer, crows, insects and a host of other "pests" who raid backyard bird feeders and garbage cans, nest in chimneys, eat shrubbery, dig holes and tunnels in lawns, and attack garden foliage. George Harrison, award-winning nature writer, photographer, book author and consultant in the field of nature and outdoors, provides a natural history of squirrels and other problem critters so that readers can better understand the enemy. Topics covered include deer raiding bird feeders, eating shrubbery and carrying Lyme disease; woodpeckers drilling holes in siding and roofs; rabbits destroying young trees, shrubs and other cultivated lawn plants; ticks, yellowjackets, wasps and ants biting, stinging and dominating sugar water feeders meant for hummingbirds; conjunctivitis in finches, and salmonella and aflatoxin in all birds; birds flying into windows; and where to get help at the federal, state and local government levels. Informative tips, devices and methods are explained that will lead to a peaceful coexistence with all animals, great and small.
  

• Outwitting Squirrels: 101 Cunning Stratagems to Reduce Dramatically the Egregious Misappropriation of Seed from Your Birdfeeder by Squirrels
  Author(s): Bill Adler
  Publisher: Chicago Review PrDate Published: September 1996
  Format: Paperback - 188 pages
  Amazon Price: $9.56
  Description: From spooker poles and Perrier bottles to water bombs and cayenne pepper, Bill Adler, Jr., has tried every conceivable method to rid his backyard of these fluffy gluttonous rodents. Revised and even craftier than the first edition, which sold over 100,000 copies, this new revision contains humorous advice on keeping squirrels out of the flowerbeds and bird feeders.
  

• Squirrel Proofing Your Home and Garden
  Author(s): Rhonda Massingham Hart
  Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
  Date Published: December 1999
  Format: Paperback - 153 pages
  Amazon Price: $10.36
  Description: Defend your home and garden from squirrels! The bestselling author of Deer Proofing Your Yard & Garden helps homeowners battle one of nature's most wily and persistent creatures--squirrels--with a storehouse of environmentally responsible techniques that really work. This practical guide is filled with effective tips for keeping squirrels and their relatives from destroying gardens and birdfeeders, and invading attics, garages, and basements.

• The Critter Control Handbook: Pro Secrets for Stopping Sneaky Squirrels & Other Crafty Critters in Their Tracks
  Author(s): Dan Hershey
  Publisher: Voyageur Press
  Date Published: February 2002
  Format: Paperback - 176 pages
  List Price: $15.95
  Amazon Price: $11.17
  Description: From Maine to Minnesota, from New York to New Mexico, what homeowner hasn't encountered unwanted critters? "The Critter Control Handbook" is the ultimate guide to controlling undesired pests; from bees to beavers; from squirrels to snakes. Packed with hundreds of professional secrets, "The Critter Control Handbook" is an invaluable reference that no homeowner should be without. Dan "The Critter Man" Hershey brings his 20 years of experience as a licensed Nuisance Wildlife Control Officer directly to readers. For most common nuisance animals, Hershey presents the most current, effective, and humane control methods available, including using commonly found non toxic household items, setting traps, and when necessary, more drastic measures.

• Solving Squirrel Problems
  Author(s): Monte Burch
  Publisher: The Lyons Press
  Date Published: January 2003
  Format: Paperback - 256 pages
  Amazon Price: $10.47
  Description: Where there are trees, there are squirrels, and where there are squirrels, there are broken garbage bags and ruined attics. And there are trees everywhere. Help arrives in the form of Monte Burch's Solving Squirrel Problems. Burch, a lifelong hunter and observer of the natural world, reveals long-stored acorns of wisdom about defeating one of Mother Nature's wiliest and most persistent pests. In clearly written, succinct chapters, Burch reveals how to turn your bird feeder into an impregnable fortress, friendly only to winged creatures. He also discusses battening down attics, barns, and other areas of interest to squirrels. And he talks about why squirrels do what they do, and how to outthink them. For anyone who lives within sight of a tree, Solving Squirrel Problems is a vital necessity.
  
  

• Never Trust a Squirrel
  Author(s): Patrick Cooper
  Publisher: Dutton Books
  Date Published: March 1999
  Format: Hardcover - 32 pages
  Amazon Price: $13.41
  Description: William the guinea pig is sure that life is more fun outside his hutch. He sees the squirrels running and chattering in the yard and longs to join them. So when a squirrel named Stella drops out of a nut tree, offering adventure, William is happy to leave his little hutch behind. But he soon discovers that guinea pigs aren't so well suited to life in the woods—and that squirrels don't make the most reliable friends. Luckily, restless little William has a very resourceful mother.