Gray Squirrels
The most common species in Georgia
is the gray squirrel or Sciurus Carolinensis, and they are abundant throughout the state, particularly in urban and suburban areas.
They eat a variety of foods but prefer oak acorns and hickory nuts. If food is adequate, in one year they can raise two broods of 2-3 babies in a nest or an attic with fluffy insulation.
By three months, they are weaned with adult gray squirrels ranging from 12 ounces to 1.5 pounds with little color variation.
Gray squirrels are active during the day. They can be seen busily gathering nuts, robbing bird feeders, and scampering across tree limbs. The nuisance factor escalates when they try to get in the house or get stuck in an empty house.