We had finally found, we thought, a truly squirrel-proof bird feeder. Lasted all winter with nothing but birds. Then the spring squirrel crop was born. We had not counted on baby raiders getting into the sunflower seed.
Does he not look guilty? Not that I would actually try anthropomorphizing, but he does look like he got caught with his hand in the cookie jar. He is an innocent,but just another way nature humbles my opinion of myself.
We will miss him when he is too big to fit through the 1" wire squares. The birds will be grateful.
Yesterday a cat tried to eat him, rather catch him first, and then eat him but as the cat chased the little one up the tree the cat was stuck with all four paws hugging the tree for dear life. Harry, the cat(he is mute) couldn't get up or down and the little rascal came down the tree, barked at he cat just beyond the cat's nose and ran up the tree again. Our neighbor's cat had to back down the tree without so much as a bite of the quarry he had stalked for so long. There is something different about this squirrel! He should be well equipped to dodge the foxes, the hawks and the new crop of ferile cats who don't have the luxuries that Harry enjoys!
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