The woods are bustling with squirrels, collecting acorns and bitternuts. And while most will scramble up a tree if I get too close, my new little red squirrel comes towards me and gives me a royal chewing out. The gray and black squirrels aren’t the only victims of this tiny little spit ball who fiercely guards the bitternut tree.
He is small enough that he claimed one of the chipmunk holes in an old oak tree so a family of chipmunks has been dislodged too due to this new arrival. I wonder what will happen if the red squirrel tangles with my cat. I think the squirrel will win!
Little Feisty Red Squirrel
