mudpuppy
I think the squirrels in our yard have gotten dramatically faster since we moved in.

 

LOL

A new development with squirrels for us is - they can either go left into the yard and jump into a pecan tree, this gives them about 20 ft from safety to safety or they can go right and he can't get to them.  Lately he seems to be able to get them to go left.  I can't see what he is doing to push them in that direction but he is doing something.  

In general I do feel bad for he baby birds but the rest it's game on.