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Just checking through my holiday snaps again and found a few more squirrel shots. I thought that Flickr community would like to see them.
I watched this squirrel bite off several twiggs, most of which he/she dropped, and then carry them up into the tree where the trunk had split into 2 and there it looked like it was building a nest.
One of the squirrels out back is sporting a clipped tail. It's certainly not an intentional fashion statement, but it's definitely noticeable. I'm not sure what happened.
I noticed it Sunday, the same day I came downstairs to see a Sharp-shinned Hawk standing on a finch on the deck, ten feet from the door. The little finch was very much alive and struggling to break away, but the hawk was in no hurry. It stood there looking around for an agonizing amount of time (4 minutes?) before flying away with the still-living bird in its talons.
We live inside our artificial environments, but nature proceeds all around us whether we happen to notice or not.
Two days after our first big snow of the year, we had another nice sunny day in Ann Arbor. It is very strange that this early snowstorm has not melted already. But it got colder today - but should be nicer tomorrow. Nice day for squirrel watching on campus. I am fairly certain that I saw Peter La Fleur of the Dodgeball quartet over in the law quad. He is looking very good. I was able to tell that it was him because of his tail which was still somewhat bald. If this is Peter LaFleur, I am really happy with the progress. Taken on Wednesday November 13th, 2019.
By Sandee Vartanian Dusbiber. Mr. Squirrel was so excited in finding a new house. Most of the winter he has been living in an old vacant birdhouse. Today I noticed he was checking out this big hole in a very tall tree in our woods in Plymouth, Michigan. He finally got his chubby body in the hole, and spent most of the his time in the hole. I was surprised that he did not play with the others squirrels but stayed in his hole watching all the fun down below him. I wonder why he moved out of the vacant birdhouse? At least he had a roof over his hairy head.
My bird feeders must attract at least a half-dozen squirrels. I put seed on the ground to try to keep them well-fed enough that they MIGHT let the birds eat too... It works, mostly, but sometimes one of them gets onto a feeder anyway. This fella (or gal) is on the ledge of my office window, trying to figure out how to leap backwards onto the feeder behind him (or her).
He's just got really big hands and feet - I wonder if the saying rings true in the squirrel world ? :O)
This little mama squirrel stopped by to raid the bird feeder and I talked her into posing for a few photos. She looked at the proofs and decided I wasn't as good as Olan Mills but I was much cheaper. She ordered the cheapest package. I've never been paid in nuts before.