RE: squirrel migration
we had one here in upstate ny about 10 -12 years ago. they were EVERYWHERE...
used to limit out in 30 minutes, without going 20 feet off the dirt road. one day i got my limit out of one tree in less than 10 minutes. it was amazing. i put over 100 in the freezer in one month! this is a good year for em, but i havent had a season like that again!
in town, there were literally dozens dead on the road . they even crossed the hudson river , running across the train trestle and castleton bridge. saw an albino and a black one that year, only time i've encountered those color phases around here, too.