My "pet" squirrel

So cute! We had one too earlier. But I think it figured out not to trust humans.

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Aw, so cute! We have TONS of squirrels in our back yard. I find them more annoying than cute most of the time, because they eat the birdseed, no matter how much I try to get "squirrel-proof" (ha!) feeders. They are smart little rascals, for sure.
 
Bottesini said:
So cute! We had one too earlier. But I think it figured out not to trust humans.
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Well, I don't try to get close to mine. S/he's the first one to get to the bird feeder after I put food in it. I usually do that as I'm heading off to work, so I only see her/him from my car as I back out of the driveway. This morning, I remembered to get my camera so I could get a picture of her/him on the swing/feeder.

A long time ago, my dad befriended a squirrel at the beach house we rented for two weeks each summer. That squirrel came back to the house at least one summer after that. Of course, some other renters may have done the same thing. My dad would leave a trail of peanuts leading up to his chair and eventually the squirrel would take the peanuts from his hand.

Yes, we know to be careful around all wild animals. I have no intenion of trying to coax this squirrel to eat out of my hand. (not directed at you Botts...just in case someone wants to tell me to be careful).
 
LoveBlue said:
Well, I don't try to get close to mine. S/he's the first one to get to the bird feeder after I put food in it. I usually do that as I'm heading off to work, so I only see her/him from my car as I back out of the driveway. This morning, I remembered to get my camera so I could get a picture of her/him on the swing/feeder.

A long time ago, my dad befriended a squirrel at the beach house we rented for two weeks each summer. That squirrel came back to the house at least one summer after that. Of course, some other renters may have done the same thing. My dad would leave a trail of peanuts leading up to his chair and eventually the squirrel would take the peanuts from his hand.

Yes, we know to be careful around all wild animals. I have no intenion of trying to coax this squirrel to eat out of my hand. (not directed at you Botts...just in case someone wants to tell me to be careful).
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I wouldn't , I am a coward.

I actually thought you had a special swing for you squirrel. I didn't notice it is a birdfeeder.

My husband on the other hand, did hand it some food.
 
So cute. I have a fondness for squirrels. My backyard is very primitive, so we see lots of wildlife. I need to post photos of the wild turkey march I had here a few weekends back. I love seeing nature at it's best, when they're just frollicking for fun in my backyard.
 
Beach girl said:
Aw, so cute! We have TONS of squirrels in our back yard. I find them more annoying than cute most of the time, because they eat the birdseed, no matter how much I try to get "squirrel-proof" (ha!) feeders. They are smart little rascals, for sure.
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They certainly are. I've given up hope that the birdfeeder will be for the birds. I just re-fill it when necessary. Which is all too fast with the little squirrel buggers eating most of it! :lol:
 
AlleyCat said:
So cute. I have a fondness for squirrels. My backyard is very primitive, so we see lots of wildlife. I need to post photos of the wild turkey march I had here a few weekends back. I love seeing nature at it's best, when they're just frollicking for fun in my backyard.
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At our old house, we had deer pass through near the creek at the end of our lot on a regular basis. One time when I was looking out I saw a deer stop. Our cat was down near the creek in our neighbors yard. The deer decided to come up between our houses to the front lawn to get around our cat. :lol:
 
Beach girl said:
Aw, so cute! We have TONS of squirrels in our back yard. I find them more annoying than cute most of the time, because they eat the birdseed, no matter how much I try to get "squirrel-proof" (ha!) feeders. They are smart little rascals, for sure.
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Same problem here. I think I tried everything on the market, and everything has baffles on them.

We put seeds that squirrels don't like in our cardinal feeder, which helped.

Air soft pistol practice helps, too.
 
Reba said:
What a pretty color! My squirrels are just common gray.
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Yep, that's Iowa for you. We see lots of red squirrels here in this state. I saw a bunch of them eating from a squirrel feeder at the front of the house nearby here in the middle of the winter.
 
Today I visited with my sister and her husband, and on their property I saw four tiny baby squirrels climbing down a side of a big tree. They were bunched closely together and I wish I had a camera to take a picture of it, since I suspect it was one of their first times out of their nest. :)
 
sequoias said:
Yep, that's Iowa for you. We see lots of red squirrels here in this state. I saw a bunch of them eating from a squirrel feeder at the front of the house nearby here in the middle of the winter.
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When we visited family in Michigan, I noticed that they had the red squirrels.
 
Beowulf said:
Today I visited with my sister and her husband, and on their property I saw four tiny baby squirrels climbing down a side of a big tree. They were bunched closely together and I wish I had a camera to take a picture of it, since I suspect it was one of their first times out of their nest. :)
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Aw, the babies are cute. That would have been a cool picture.

I've never seen one baby alone. They're always in groups. One year a whole line of babies trooped thru our garage, from the open walk-thru door in the back to the open double-car door in the front. I guess it was their short cut. :lol:
 
Reba said:
When we visited family in Michigan, I noticed that they had the red squirrels.
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Oh cool. I don't recall seeing any in Michigan when I visited there. I was there for a few days.
 
the only squirrels I see are when I go to the Zoo - they're everywhere!!!

The best i get is a "pet" bobtail lizard (but I am in Australia hahah)
 
a couple of days ago, I threw some rotton apples but some good pieces of it on apples were into my backyard. It was less than a minute and the squirrel picked the apple up in its mouth and squirrel looks smaller than the huge apple. :lol: Squirrel carried the apple and wandered off to a secretive spot. cute! I have a rabbit who seems to like to hang out in my backyard as well.
 
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