Starting a new thread. Who would have guess, we would have reached Vol 10, in the squirrel category. Great job everyone, let's continue here, and have fun.
We came from here; http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/961885/
We have Red on top of the post, facing my window.
Edited to correct spelling
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This cage is not squirrel proof, for this small fellaw.
Here he is checking it out.
exiting
hehehehe they really are surprisingly smart creature s when it coem s to figurign out how to get food.
Thanks for starting the new thread Burn! It is so small...it looks hardly bigger than my chipmunks!
It's not much bigger Nanny. I think the tail makes him look a little bigger.
We have had to do some belt tightening around here. So I have had to do away with putting dishes of BOSS out for the squirrels and chipmunks. And rearrange a couple of bird feeders o they squirrels can't raid them. They have not been real happy about this to say the least after having free reign for 2 years! The squirrels have pretty much stopped coming to yard. I really miss their antics. The chippies on the other hand are still around since they live around the house.
This one is right outside the back sliding door just chirpping away! Maybe letting me know it's not happy????
But no fretting there is plenty of natural food to be had for both the squirrels and chippies!
Some shots of a chipmunk enjoying the maple seeds that are all over the yard!!
Boy, these aren't half bad!!!
hmmmm...might have room for o-n-e more!! lol
When I saw the first picture, (before I even opened the thread) I thought, doesn't he look arrogant, like "I can defeat any squirrel-proof system you have"
Then I came here and saw him go into the cage. It is scary when I can read squirrel faces!
Cute pictures everyone. (Nanny, I think Chip has stretch marks on those cheeks)
LOL Cparts you sure know your squirrel!!!
Had the male and female yesterday, one in front and one out back raiding the feeders.
Nanny,did you know they grow their own food? where they hide their stash, I find a bunch of seedling, pack together. they are great gardeners, lol
Here's the female in the front of the house.
ha, ha.
And the male in the back.
the male
Oh yes I know .....LOL I find their little gardens all over in my flower beds!!
Still get a squirrel or two coming to dig up nuts buried in the yard from time to time.
Nanny.. Do chippies really make noise? The rain let up for a bit and I saw one slinking across the yard heading to not sure where to find somethign more ot eat.
Them grape s I threw out the other day all disappeared.
My one squirrell gave me a major shock. Ha d fallen alseep on the couch and ha d front door wid e open to le tsome air in since it finally ha d stopped raining. My lazy one ha d come on the roof again tryign to get down the front door onyl to fidn it wid eopen and he didn't knwo what to do.
He made so much nois e he scare d the daylight s otu of me. Ha dme jumping up and down thinking I ha d stranger s coming in.
Then he got stuck halfway down the door and he wa speerign in at me as I peering otu at him. I just knwo he was wonderign where his pecan nut for the day was.
I don't knwo what I wil do if he discovers whiel the door open the basket of nut s I have by the couch to put out for him. I wonder if he wil try an dcome in on his own. Hope not.
Do chippies make noise? They sure do. CHIP! CHIP!
Really really loud.
Sure do...when we first moved here I kept looking for a bird...turned out it was the chipmunks! I can hear them even if I am insiade the house. It can be quite annoying after awhile!
I had 3 of the little critters running around out here today...
This is ours that lives under the walk. I can ID it by its tail. Last year it lost part of it but it has grown back now. You can tell where it grew back!
Plus 1 squirrel....and this is out front!!
Could it be the babies, that are now fending for themselves now? Ouch to the pocket book!!!
Mama Red has spend the afternoon with us, while we were sitting on our deck, Saturday. I was almost able to feed her a peanut by hand, when some Grackles flew in, and scared everything wild. That would have been something.
She drinking water on that upside down pail.
This is where she laid down on that branch by the deck, looking at us all afternoon. I could get very close to her, and she wouldn't move. I talked to her, when she was on top of the post and offered her a peanut. She was just inches away.
On top of the post.
Oh yes babies are now on their own more or less. That is one reason I have had to take away the ground dishes with BOSS for now. I just can't afford to feed the amount of seed that they and the squirrels eat plus the birds anymore!
Momma brought them over where there has been an bundance of food available. But there are maple seeds all over the yard and they really like them too!
This one looks like he has an attitude? LOL
Yes, he does! LOL
I get ready for work in the morning and usually have a few minutes and watch the birds. Yesterday, a grey squirrel was trying to defeat the squirrel proof feeder.
I don't see too many squirrels on that feeder, because there are others they can get at, but this one was bored with the easy seed, I guess and up for a challenge.
Well, he would run up the pole, go over the top, slide down and try to catch onto the edge (where the flapper door will shut over the seed if there is too much weight). Well, he was just not able to catch hold of that edge, and would fall to the ground.
The third try, he stood on top of the feeder, spit into his paws and rubbed them together, before trying again. It was such a human thing to do, that I had to laugh out loud.
He still missed grabbing the edge and gave up, but it sure was funny to see!
hahahaha he looks like squirell-in-ator. Mini Terminator : )
Does look like he is ready to whoop somebody!! LOL
The chippie's babies were playing in the tree the other day...they have so much energy and run all over the yard playing!
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Squirrel raiding the orioles grape dish...
and eating the grapes!!
Still hiding nuts...!
more chipmunks in the tree...
i wish we had chipmunks down here they are so cute i remember going to grandmas house in wi and watching them when i was younger. here is one of my squirrel i tried to keep him or her from the birds food, since they have their own, but it didnt work, i now play hide and seed with the peanuts everyday. they seem to like it.
Just freaks me out to see squirrels in palm trees! LOL
I didn't know chipmunks climed trees too. Oh wow. learned somethign new. What i can't belive is the numebr of holes and tunnels all over the yard. sheesh everywhere I walk is holes and more holes. I step and sink down.
Think my squirrels are starting to move further out for the season now. They runnign out of food here and think they have dug up all that they buried.
Hmmm...holes & tunnels and they sink down when you walk on them. That sounds more like mole tunnels than chipmunk holes to me Starlight.
Have to see if I cna get some pics later of the holes. Haven't seen my cippy run across the yard the past coupel of days. have to put some more grape s otu I think.
I nee to mow the back section but it aroudn where the chippy is so afraid I might mow some of it natural food source whatever it eatign down.
