Lynn: In a message dated 11/3/02 7:28:17 PM, mltaylordogmother@earthlink.net writes: << I have been battling a squirrel all summer. She has eaten three complete clotheslines or used them to build a nest. >> There are a lot of squirrels around here but they don't do any damage. They just scamper around. Some people here have ground squirrels and they are a pain! <<I have bird houses on the back porch. The sparrows have had FIVE families a piece. They have made a mess hauling stuff and then remodeling for the next brood. It is really funny because they get into really big arguments in the middle of the night. I wonder which gender is yelling and why! >> Lynn, Lynn, Lynn, doncha think it was the female? Our Siberian Husky has a very soft undercoat and during nest building season, our daughter would brush Curly and just leave piles of that soft white fur out on the side. We had so much fun watching the birds fighting over it, small against large. We noted that the small birds usually won out! Sandi