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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 310713" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>From what I can tell the males tend to be a little more nomadic while the females find an area, make a nest and stick around.  We've had mothers give up the yard and others fight to keep it.  Usually they'll stick around 2 years.  Not sure on the life span of these guys, but I suspect that has a lot to do with when they turn over.  By the fall you won't see more than 2 at a time, and in the spring it's just the mother feeding while the babies are in the nest.  They store up a TON of food, and walnuts in particular, as evidenced by stockpiles I've seen them make in our woodpile.</p></blockquote><p></p>