The contrarian is not wrong, but neither is the OP. At least from my perspective.<p>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.<p>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.<p>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.