The contrarian is not wrong, but neither is the OP. At least from my perspective. When we moved to our current semi rural property there were birds and squirre

The contrarian is not wrong, but neither is the OP. At least from my perspective. When we moved to our current semi rural property there were birds and squirrels even flying squirrels all over. Our property is a ranch but out house sits in a woodlot. Then a new neighbor moved in next door. I use that term loosely, but close enough that their 3 outdoor cats were frequent visitors. Now we have no squirrels but we also have very few birds that visit. I did not mind the squirrels aside from thier attempts to get in the house. Before our new neighbor we would pay a trapper to come get them a few times a year. Since the cats though we no longer see any squirrels or chipmunks at all.