Stan, you've never seen fox squirrels in pairs? In Iowa, I often saw them chasing each other around like crazy.
As for the pines, they're likely one reason CRP didn't help quail much (if at all) in the Southeast. Trees can be planted instead of grass. Didn't happen much here in the Midwest, but I undoerstand that it did in the South.
Larry,
I lived most of my life in rural Iowa. The Red Fox Squirrel of the midwest is a totally different species from the Fox Squirrel of the Southeast.
Southeastern Fox Squirrel:
http://newsstand.clemson.edu/mediarelati...south-carolina/Also known as Sherman's Fox Squirrel:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman%27s_fox_squirrel
Midwest variety:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_squirrelThe city park in Centerville Iowa had, when I was living there, a large number of the local Fox squirrels with a form of albinism making them blond.
John