RODENTS WITH PRETTY TAILS

I hate squirrels; they are just rodents with pretty tails. 

There are at least six of the varmints in our yard, creating a mess as there are four oak trees in the yard providing a banquet of acorns.  Currently the squirrels are feasting on the acorns and leaving the debris throughout the yard.  As they are grabbing the acorns they are also ripping away leaves from the trees.  

Once their appetites have surfeited, they will begin burrowing and burying acorns, further adding to lawn problems.

I told Gerald, "The lawn looks like the floor of a Ground Round with all those shells littering the area!"  

These royal pains in the butt reign supreme throughout the year:  eating the bird feed, chomping on freshly-planted bulbs, trying to ruin the garden, and vying with me for walnuts.