This is a great conference! I attended the inaugural conference last spring and it was a wonderful experience--cool ideas, constructive and chill conversations, and well-run! Consider submitting for this Spring!!
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sep 2, 2025, 4:35 pm • 2 0 • view
Beyond the conference, you may have an opportunity to witness some of the most well-fed (or very pregnant) campus squirrels I've ever encountered
sep 2, 2025, 4:30 pm • 5 0 • view
I can't believe this is the first I'm hearing of this. but yes, lots of big and well-fed squirrels!!
sep 2, 2025, 5:13 pm • 2 0 • view
Michigan colleges are known for their campus squirrels! I remember there was a very active undergrad squirrel feeding club at UM.
sep 2, 2025, 6:25 pm • 2 0 • view
my mother was enthralled at the diversity and size of the squirrels when she visited over the summer!!
sep 2, 2025, 6:28 pm • 4 0 • view
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sep 2, 2025, 6:52 pm • 2 1 • view
There is definitely something about midwestern squirrels. Just recently @leecarpenter.bsky.social made a comment about Minneapolis squirrels. The squirrels in my OH hometown are also notably large (and occasionally albino).
sep 2, 2025, 7:02 pm • 3 0 • view
There is absolutely a difference! Arguably not quite the midwest, but the squirrels at Western Kentucky University are the biggest, often albino, squirrels I've seen anywhere.
sep 2, 2025, 7:07 pm • 3 0 • view
Minneapolis squirrels are basically graceful woodchucks.
sep 2, 2025, 7:26 pm • 5 0 • view
I love the unexpected bluesky squirrel discourse today. Truly 10/10, no notes, thank you all for participating.
sep 2, 2025, 7:47 pm • 2 0 • view
#squirrelsky
sep 2, 2025, 7:56 pm • 2 0 • view
Lemme introduce you to Blackavar, mister smarty squirrel who loves our BirdBuddy. I think he's singlehandedly responsible for the coloration of squirrels in our neighborhood.
sep 2, 2025, 8:20 pm • 2 0 • view
Please respond to more of my posts with this sort of discussion.
sep 2, 2025, 7:53 pm • 1 0 • view
Noted. Will do. I so very rarely post anything here, because I find myself listening and learning and unsure of whether I have anything to contribute. I have a lot to contribute to discussions about small midwestern animals though.
sep 2, 2025, 7:54 pm • 1 0 • view
Nah, post more. I haven't had anything substantive to contribute aside from shenanigans and gifs, and I've been talking law stuff for over a decade.
sep 2, 2025, 8:36 pm • 3 0 • view
this is a much richer conversation than I imagined would take place in response to Michael's post. and people say Bluesky is dying!
sep 2, 2025, 8:30 pm • 4 0 • view
I saw a squirrel the size of an infant jump from a roof to a tree last night. I initially thought it was a raccoon. I really think we need to check the water.
sep 2, 2025, 7:49 pm • 5 0 • view
The squirrels in Kansas are just . . . unremarkable. Unnoteworthy in every way. The size of squirrels seems to be an important dividing line between Great Lakes Midwest and Great Plains Midwest. I welcome your thoughts on this important matter.
sep 2, 2025, 7:52 pm • 4 0 • view
Clearly we need a squirrel mapping project. Surely some academic will take this on.
sep 2, 2025, 7:53 pm • 5 0 • view
i can think of some fat cat investors who could provide seed/acorn funding
sep 2, 2025, 7:56 pm • 3 0 • view
I moved from Nebraska to Minnesota as a kid and distinctly remember remarking to my parents that Nebraska's red squirrels were much smaller. I think you're on to something.
sep 2, 2025, 8:02 pm • 1 0 • view
Mid-Atlantic squirrels make up for their average size by being utterly shameless. We once put 3 dozen peanut butter cookies on the deck to cool and within an hour the squirrels had stolen ALL OF THEM.
sep 2, 2025, 7:54 pm • 3 0 • view