Hope you're all doing well in this continuing lockdown. We have a beautiful sunny day here that is supposed to get warm enough that I'll be outside after lunch. But we get one more cold spell tonight and tomorrow. Take care!
Monday, April 20, 2020
A Red Squirrel Visits!
We've had a Red Squirrel around the yard regularly for several days, behaving like it owned the place, except that it can't easily climb the bird feeder poles the way the Grey Squirrels can. Then the day before yesterday it scampered up onto the back of our crane/heron/ostrich sculpture to take a close look.
At our former home out in the country we only had Red Squirrels who would scamper in to the bird feeders across the snow from the old stone fencerow; we had no Grey Squirrels at all.
But here we mainly have Grey Squirrels, both the grey and black (and what appear to be mixed) colour phases, so the tiny Red Squirrel makes an interesting different visitor.
We both got a very close look at it as it sat two feet outside the window, apparently curious about this corner of the yard.
I could swear that it was staring right at me some of the time!
Hope you're all doing well in this continuing lockdown. We have a beautiful sunny day here that is supposed to get warm enough that I'll be outside after lunch. But we get one more cold spell tonight and tomorrow. Take care!
Hope you're all doing well in this continuing lockdown. We have a beautiful sunny day here that is supposed to get warm enough that I'll be outside after lunch. But we get one more cold spell tonight and tomorrow. Take care!
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Fantastic! Our Red Squirrels are now confined to just a few small areas, with none close to here, so it's great to see your pictures. We seem to be getting more and more of the "black" ones around here too.
ReplyDeleteRed squirrels are fascinating, always agitated and seldom still -- just the epitome of lively.
ReplyDeleteA delightful visitor, one who can travel safely, no limitations, and come again any time. He is so cute there on the statue.
ReplyDeleteThat visitor was waiting for you to throw out some peanuts or whatever. He is cute.
ReplyDeleteWe don't have any of those little grey squirrels in my part of the ottawa Valley, east of Algonquin. We sure have those tenacious red devils though! They chew holes in my house, the little *&^%$ 's!! Around the town where my family live, that would be Peterborough, they have these huge black squirrels. They are equally as destructive. We see black squirrels occasionally around the urban areas of our county, but they are much smaller than those city squirrels.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like that squirrel was posing for you keeping his front paws tucked in to keep warm.
ReplyDeleteBe Safe and Enjoy the isolation.
It's about time.
We only have red squirrels on the island. Entertaining creatures indeed!
ReplyDeleteThe squirrel is a cutie. I like his face and the way he tucks his paws in for warmth. :-)
ReplyDeleteCute little visitor. Don't you wonder what they are thinking when they are staring right at us?
ReplyDeleteHope your day was warmer than ours. We had too much wind to make it overly nice but it did warm up in the sun and my clothes dried. :)
Well, a cute little visitor to brighten you day! Last evening we 'Zoom' visited with our son and his wife. Nice to have a conversation. Take care.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures!
ReplyDeleteAwww … such a cute visitor.
ReplyDeleteGreat photographs.
All the best Jan
Oh, it is so, so cute!
ReplyDeletewe had everthing today, rain over night, then cloudy, sunny real windy followd by snow . our grand daughter is expecting next week and I told our daughter I didn't know he was having a winter baby.
ReplyDeleteThey can be very destructive...the Greys are not as bad. The Red ones here in Minnesota rob song bird nests:( :(
ReplyDeleteHe is a cute little guy. I remember them when we lived in Minnesota in summers. I bet I could accidentally toss some seed over along that flower bed and he could find some too.
ReplyDeleteNice photos of that little Cutesy Patootsie Squirrel. I like watching the Squirrels and Chipmunks in our yard....as long as they stay out of the birdseed!!
ReplyDeletesuch a cute little squirrel, mine have no trouble getting whatever they want!!
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