Syracuse.com - Camillus woman suffers from fall after trying to deal with squirrels

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"My wonderful 77-year-old mother was on a stepstool trying to place some contraption involving a red safety cone on her bird feeder to keep the squirrels away when she lost her balance and fell," he son wrote.

R.J. Dietz, of Camillus, responded to last Sunday’s story about squirrels and bird feeders with a sad tale about his mother, Joan.

“Unfortunately, sometimes the squirrels win,” he said. “My wonderful 77-year-old mother was on a stepstool trying to place some contraption involving a red safety cone on her bird feeder to keep the squirrels away when she lost her balance and fell.

“She broke her tibia in three places and her fibula in two places and had surgery to place seven screws and two plates. She has been in the hospital since Feb. 23.”

Dietz added, “My dad would be very interested in hiring the guy who shot the squirrel that you wrote about in your article.”

View the full article on The Syracuse Outdoors Blog