Kathie's Birds: Going Squirrelly

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Going Squirrelly

Gray Squirrel 2-8-11

It was snowing again yesterday. The snow has made me squirrelly and the squirrels bold AND hungry!

So much snow has fallen that it almost reaches the bottom of my bird feeders!

The yew tree sags with the weight of the snow and with it, so does my spirit!

Though I put up a squirrel baffle, it is no longer effective since it is only about 2 feet from the top of the snow to the bottom of the feeder! Quite an easy leap…

…which the clever squirrels finally discovered last week!

Now they mock me as they gorge on bird seed…

…and stare at me through the kitchen window…

…but how can I deny them this food…

…when I know that they are just hungry too! Besides, they do make me smile with their antics!

Read my new poem: And the Dragon Roars!

11 comments:

KathrynFebruary 9, 2011 at 5:39 PM
LOL. Thanks for the smile.
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GaelynFebruary 9, 2011 at 8:00 PM
Sounds like you're learning to accept the things you can not change.

Cute squirrel.
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Kathie BrownFebruary 9, 2011 at 9:41 PM
Katnell, you are so welcome!

Gaelyn, the sun shone today and I am starting to bounce back!
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Donna M. SimonettiFebruary 9, 2011 at 10:05 PM
At least you had the cute squirrels to cheer you up & a bit of the SUN- a sign of things to surely come.
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AnonymousFebruary 10, 2011 at 4:16 PM
I like his pink nose.
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Kathie BrownFebruary 10, 2011 at 4:30 PM
Donna, they are humorous and frustrating and oh so bold! Those naughty squirrels are eating up all my seed!

Sandy, so do I! and when they stand on their hind feet and curl their little paws to their chest it is just too darling!
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ArijaFebruary 11, 2011 at 5:09 AM
Great squirrel post Kathie.

I realise I have not been around much lately. I too have been stressed out with himself's antics.
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FABFebruary 11, 2011 at 12:50 PM
Well I have to admit that the Grey Squirrel is not one of my favourite garden visitors but, like you, I have to admire their persistence as long as they don't create havoc everywhere!

I can understand your 'winter blues' Kathie whilst longing for the desert sunshine ... Just a different seasonal pattern to get to grips with. Stay warm.
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LarryFebruary 11, 2011 at 7:42 PM
Cute-I've been watching squirrels as they climb to the top of snow mounds to get an adavantage on reaching my feeders. They let me get awfully close before being scared off too.Fun photos of them.
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JenFebruary 14, 2011 at 3:36 PM
That squirrel looks unusual; like a cross between a grey and fox squirrel. But he sure has all the regular traits of a squirrel. Ha!
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Dawn FineFebruary 19, 2011 at 12:05 PM
Silly rascal! I am going to read your new poem now.
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Mere Point Cottage 117 Yard Birds

American Crow 2-7-14
American Goldfinch 2-7-14
American Kestrel 9-8-14
American Redstart 5-15-14
American Robin 2-7-14
American Tree Sparrow 2-18-14
American Woodcock 4-2-14
Bald Eagle 3-16-14
Baltimore Oriole 5-12-14
Barn Swallow 7-20-14
Barred Owl 1-21-15
Black Scoter 1-18-15
Black and White Warbler 5-5-14
Black-billed Cuckoo 5-28-14
Black-capped Chickadee 2-7-14
Black-throated Blue Warbler 5-15-14
Black-throated Green Warbler 5-12-14
Blackpoll Warbler 5-28-14
Blue Jay 2-12-14
Blue-headed Vireo 5-5-15
Broad-winged Hawk 5-12-14
Brown Creeper 3-22-14
Brown Thrasher 5-9-14
Brown-headed Cowbird 4-6-14
Bufflehead 3-18-14
Canada Goose 3-22-14
Carolina Wren 4-11-14
Cedar Waxwing 4-3-14
Chestnut-sided Warbler 5-16-14
Chimney Swift 5-6-14
Chipping Sparrow 4-12-14
Common Eider 4-6-14
Common Goldeneye 3-18-14
Common Grackle 4-3-14
Common Loon 4-5-14
Common Raven 3-11-14
Common Redpoll 1-11-15
Common Tern 7-19-14
Common Yellowthroat 5-12-14
Cooper's Hawk 2-17-14
Dark-eyed Junco 2-18-14
Double-crested Cormorant 4-22-14
Downy Woodpecker 2-11-14
Eastern Bluebird 5-25-14
Eastern Kingbird 7-22-14
Eastern Phoebe 4-7-14
Eastern Towhee 4-28-14
Eastern Wood Pewee 6-4-2014
European Starling 3-31-14
Field Sparrow 4-16-15
Fish Crow 4-15-14
Fox Sparrow 3-31-14
Glossy Ibis 6-17-14
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4-14-14
Gray Catbird 5-10-14
Great Black-backed Gull 4-6-14
Great Blue Heron 3-30-14
Great Crested Flycatcher 5-15-14
Greater Scaup 3-28-14
Hairy Woodpecker 2-12-14
Hermit Thrush 4-16-14
Herring Gull 2-10-14
House Finch 2-20-14
House Sparrow 6-2-14
Indigo Bunting 5-15-14
Laughing Gull 8-25-14
Lincoln's Sparrow 5-7-14
Magnolia Warbler 5-30-14
Mallard 5-10-14
Mourning Dove 3-10-14
Mourning Warbler 5-28-14
Nashville Warbler 5-6-15
Northern Cardinal 2-17-14
Northern Flicker 4-13-14
Northern Goshawk 11-21-14
Northern Mockingbird 4-27-15
Northern Parula 5-7-14
Northern Shrike 2-14-15
Orchard Oriole 5-8-15
Osprey 4-22-14
Palm Warbler 4-23-14
Pileated Woodpecker 5-23-14
Pine Siskin 10-13-14
Pine Warbler 5-5-14
Purple Finch 4-4-14
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5-5-14
Red-breasted Merganser 3-16-14
Red-breasted Nuthatch 3-22-14
Red-eyed Vireo 5-22-14
Red-shouldered Hawk 5-14-14
Red-tailed Hawk 3-12-14
Red-winged Blackbird 3-13-14
Ring-billed Gull 11-15-14
Rock Pigeon 5-31-14
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5-8-14
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4-22-14
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 5-10-14
Savannah Sparrow 4-14-14
Scarlet Tanager 5-12-2015
Sharp-shinned Hawk 11-18-2014
Song Sparrow 3-19-14
Surf Scoter 11-29-14
Swainson's Thrush 5-22-14
Swamp Sparrow 10-21-14
Tennessee Warbler 8-15-14
Tree Swallow 4-22-14
Tufted Titmouse 2-10-14
Turkey Vulture 3-24-14
White-breasted Nuthatch 2-11-14
White-crowned Sparrow 5-9-14
White-throated Sparrow 4-8-14
White-winged Scoter 1-28-15
Willow Flycatcher 5-31-14
Wilson's Warbler 5-19-14
Yellow Warbler 5-5-14
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 10-6-14
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5-5-14

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American Black Duck 11-18-10
American Crow 9-30-10
American Goldfinch 10-25-10
American Kestrel 8-26-11
American Robin 10-13-10
American Tree Sparrow 12-22-11
Baltimore Oriole 5-3-11
Barn Swallow 7-15-11
Belted Kingfisher 8-24-11
Black-capped Chickadee 10-13-10
Black-crowned Night Heron 8-13-11
Blue Jay 9-30-10
Brown-headed Cowbird 4-23-11
Canada Goose 10-13-10
Carolina Wren 10-13-10
Cedar Waxwing 4-20-11
Chimney Swift 5-9-11
Chipping Sparrow 9-30-10
Common Grackle 11-2-10
Common Yellow-throat 6-24-11
Cooper's Hawk 10-25-10
Dark-eyed Junco 10-13-10
Double-crested Cormorant 8-26-11
Downy Woodpecker 9-30-10
Eastern Bluebird 9-30-10
Eastern Kingbird 5-3-11
Eastern Phoebe 4-5-11
European Starling 1-1-11
Golden-crowned Kinglet 11-2-10
Gray Catbird 5-3-11
Great Blue Heron 4-18-11
Great Crested Flycatcher 5-9-12
Great Egret 5-9-12
Green Heron 5-9-11
Green-winged Teal 11-12-10
Hairy Woodpecker 12-13-10
Herring Gull 1-14-11
Hooded Merganser 3-18-11
House Finch 6-24-11
House Sparrow 10-25-10
House Wren 8-1-12
Lincoln's Sparrow 9-30-10
Mallard 10-25-10
Merlin 3-21-11
Mourning Dove 10-25-10
N. Rough-winged Swallow 5-12-11
Northern Cardinal 10-25-10
Northern Flicker 9-30-10
Northern Mockingbird 11-12-10
Olive-sided Flycatcher 8-18-12
Palm Warbler 9-30-10
Peregrine Falcon 8-24-11
Purple Martin 8-26-11
Red-bellied Woodpecker 9-30-10
Red-tailed Hawk 9-30-10
Red-winged Blackbird 3-20-11
Ring-billed Gull 1-16-11
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 10-24-11
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 5-12-11
Rusty Blackbird 10-11-11
Song Sparrow 10-25-10
Spotted Sandpiper 7-23-11
Swamp Sparrow 1-14-11
Tree Swallow 4-5-11
Tufted Titmouse 10-13-10
Turkey Vulture 3-18-11
White-breasted Nuthatch 9-30-10
White-throated Sparrow 11-28-10
Winter Wren 11-8-11
Wood Duck 4-5-11
Yellow-rumped Warbler 9-30-10