Ahhh, Fall.....it's almost here. I love fall. The colors are so vibrant and the morning and night air are beginning that "nip". Autumn looks as beautiful as it feels. All summer I have been enjoying the antics of the squirrels in my backyard as they come to visit the feeder. Those antics really seem to have come alive in the past few days with the cooler weather and the squirrels' anticipation of the winter to come.
There are at least three squirrels that frequent the feeder. One I named Scrat - after the goofball from the movie Ice Age. Another one is named Nutters. Nutters has that kind of personality that says, "I can take you or leave you," and the other squirrel is named Screwy. Screwy figured out that he could lift the plexiglass up and get to the food easier. I was ok with that until he lifted it completely out of the feeder and threw it on the ground. I took a couple of little nails and made it so he couldn't get the plexiglass out. Literally, Screwy sat on the the little platform of the feeder and gave me the evil eye as I watched him from my kitchen window. He just stared at me. It kind of creeped me out and made me wonder if I was going to get pounced on if I went out the door.
Scrat and Screwy eat a few peanuts and then run off with them to wherever it is they have their stashes. Nutters can't seem to remember where his stash is. He finally gave up running back and forth on the fence foundation, took his peanut in my grass dug a hole, deposited the peanut and then ever so gently used his cute little paws to pat down the dirt and grass he dug up over the precious peanut. I doubt Nutters will ever come back and reclaim that peanut - no matter how hungry he gets.
This past week all three were in the yard and the games commenced. Round and round the pine tree, up the pine tree, down the pine tree, up the feeder, munch, munch, munch, down the feeder then off to the neighbors' yards. I think it's very much what we look like in our own busy lives. I came across the "Ultimate Squirrel Personality Quiz." Thought, "what the heck!" and took it. My results:
You're a black squirrel!
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