[paulajr]

Originally Posted by Suzieque

I never heard of a monkey squirrel so googled it and all I see are monkeys. Is what you are talking about a real monkey?

Nature Center Magazine: Ten Questions: Florida Monkey Squirrels

[donassaid]

Have had this happen multiple times by birds and squirrels. Best to leave in glove box or overhead tray.

[jimlambert]

Calusa?

[Garwood1]

Crows at Pebble Beach will pull the towel off ,your sandwich at the turn and fly off with the whole darned thing

[Briand]

No, they are slightly larger and very quick and intelligent. I have seen them several times here inTV working as a team - while one entertains you the others are ransacking your cart! Longer less bushy tails - don’t know the correct name but well known as “ Monkey Squirrels “.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Why isn't someone turning these monstrous offenders in to Community Watch? Someone call Meta Minton, this is the scoop of the year!

[Stu from NYC]

Should charge those birds the amenity fee for what they are taking away

[John_W]

Originally Posted by Suzieque

I never heard of a monkey squirrel so googled it and all I see are monkeys. Is what you are talking about a real monkey?

I've only seen them on the Jacaranda nine, but not lately. When you see one for the first time, it just makes you think of a monkey by the way they act and look. They're really a Fox Squirrel.

[bowlingal]

Crows/blackbirds usually leave in June for parts unknown. I can tell by my bird feeders being full all day. They usually come back around Nov/Dec

[John_W]

Originally Posted by caseycasebeer

At the Wrangell golf course in Southeast Alaska, if an eagle or raven steals your golf ball you’re permitted to play another ball without taking a penalty stroke. Around here, how many folks have lost a golf ball to an alligator?

A fellow in my golf group recently was talking to a powerline worker and they had to dismantle a bald eagle nest from a tower next to Belle Glade. He said they found 9 dog collars in the nest. This is third party info, take it for what's worth. However, small dogs should always be on a leash, coyotes are known to grab small dogs once or twice a year in TV. You can see a story at the link below from Channel 9 Orlando, or search on this very website and find it happens.

Coyote snatches woman's dog in The Villages

[John_W]

Originally Posted by bowlingal

Crows/blackbirds usually leave in June for parts unknown. I can tell by my bird feeders being full all day. They usually come back around Nov/Dec

Use Safflower seed, black birds and squirrels won't touch it and song birds and doves love it. I didn't get black birds this year until February, they came the same week as the Brown Thrashers.

[Scorpyo]

Originally Posted by bowlingal

Crows/blackbirds usually leave in June for parts unknown. I can tell by my bird feeders being full all day. They usually come back around Nov/Dec

You're the culprit. Stop putting peanut butter crackers, chocolate power bars and shiny objects in your bird feeders!

[frasep]

My friend had a baggie with cut up fruit inside zipped into her front golf bag pocket at Hacienda. When she came back from eating lunch (Hacienda was still open), a squirrel was eating the fruit. The squirrel had gnawed through the bag to get the fruit!

[phylt]

The very same thing happened to me on the same golf course about a month ago! I had brought a couple granola bars containing chocolate chips and left them in my cart. I went to practice some putting and saw a friend of mine running off to the right and had no idea why. On his return to the putting green he informed me that he had seen a crow in my cart steeling something and flying off. He tried to retrieve it. When I looked in the cart I noticed one of the two unopened bars missing! Lesson learned.

[RtuWngs]

"Monkey squirrels" are actually foxtail squirrels.