Some people complain about the damage that red squirrels but to me they are cute and my chipmunks do more damage to me, like the one which sneaked into my garage and then tried tunneling out through my insulation in the wall.
Cute Squirrel
Picture of the Day for April 18, 2017
Many people are scrambling to finish their taxes today, even though they had three extra days to file them. The April 15 filing date was pushed later because the 15th and Emancipation Day landed on the weekend which extended the filing date.
My tree frog, ‘Mr. Linty’, was ’emancipated’ although I am not sure my unexpected and unusual house pet was real thrilled with his re-entry to the outdoors since now he won’t have flies delivered to his indoor home which made it easy for him to catch his dinner. His indoor apartment, lined with moss even had a swimming pond. The last check this evening found him on the outside porch wall just above the lip of his container so he hasn’t wandered too far yet.
Linty’s Emancipation
Picture of the Day for April 4, 2017
After the rain, the robins were busily grabbing and eating worms off the lawn this morning. Chipmunks also will eat earthworms (when they aren’t destroying my garden). Today they had more brush piles to hide in as I picked up more branches off the lawn.
Chipmunk Hiding in Brush Pile
Picture of the Day for March 28, 2017
The first sunny day in a while had the birds singing, which included some spring birds arrival like bluebirds and killdeers. So it was time to clean the bluebird houses yet and evict the squatters who moved in over winter. And I had to remove a lot of field mice, although the males must have ticked off the females as most houses only had one occupant and I only found one couple. But I did have to feel a little sorry for some of them as one had a ripped ear and this one was missing a front leg so didn’t scramble down the pole when I cleaned the house.
Three Legged Mouse
Picture of the Day for March 3, 2017
The poor squirrel tail looks a bit wet, just like my shoes, from venturing across the snow to the next small patch of open grass (and to my bird feeder).
Wet Tail
Picture of the Day for May 21, 2016
Normally the sound of chattering makes it easy to locate a squirrel, but it wasn’t the chatter which drew my attention to this squirrel and I would have missed him if it wasn’t for the noise of a nut being eaten.
Busy Eating a Nut
Picture of the Day for September 11, 2013
This squirrel is going to get hollered at since he should not be in the bird feeder but squirrels can quickly figure out most “squirrel-proof” feeders.
Bad Squirrel
Picture of the Day for July 6, 2012
Since I haven’t posted a critter picture yet in this new volume of the picture of the day yet, I figured I better use a photo of my friend’s favorite critter. The chipmunk might not be on my favorite list since I am missing two marigolds and one petunia when I watered today. And several other pots are missing a lot of dirt.
The dang chipmunks are taking my sunflower seeds and burying them in the pot and the seeds sprout. So then they don’t have a stash of seeds and the birds didn’t get their seeds either. I thought I would try putting something around the shepherd hook pole they were climbing to get the seeds and I found a piece of plastic tree wrap and had it dangling down on the pole. But that didn’t stop them since it was just the right size for them in crawl through and it created a safety ladder cage instead for their climbing. I can’t win against them and you can see the nice digging toes they have. Now if I could only train them to dig the weeds instead of my flowers.
A Chipmunk on a Rock
