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[armytruck]

Known Predators
hawks (Accipitridae)
American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
raccoons (Procyon lotor)
shrews (Soricidae)
milk snakes and king snakes (Lampropeltis)
coral snakes (Elapidae)
large fish (Actinopterygii)
bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus)
snapping turtles (Chelydridae)
great blue herons (Ardea herodias)
foxes (Canidae)
squirrels (Sciuridae)

[Twitchy]

I was not aware of that either...

People forget many of the squirrels they see are the invasive Eastern Grey Squirrel. It's rare to see a native red squirrel.

The grey squirrel is just a rat with good PR.

I didn't know this: Under “Schedule C” of the Wildlife Act, homeowners in BC are permitted to live trap and humanely euthanise or shoot the Eastern grey squirrel. http://bcinvasives.ca/invasive-species/identify/invasive-plants/the-eastern-grey-squirrel

 

Well just the other day I did happen to see an actual rat chasing a red squirrel.

[GordJ]

I was not aware of that either...

People forget many of the squirrels they see are the invasive Eastern Grey Squirrel. It's rare to see a native red squirrel.

The grey squirrel is just a rat with good PR.

I didn't know this: Under “Schedule C” of the Wildlife Act, homeowners in BC are permitted to live trap and humanely euthanise or shoot the Eastern grey squirrel. http://bcinvasives.ca/invasive-species/identify/invasive-plants/the-eastern-grey-squirrel

I did not know that you can shoot them! We have a decent population of Douglas or Reds ( can't tell the difference) around my place and now I don't have to be coy about 100+ Greys that I have removed from the ecosystem over the last 15 or so years.
And I have only seen one snake this year.