S is for Squirrel. Working at a medical center paid off in one way for Amethyst. Suffering with idiots meant she'd managed to perfect the eyerolls the Fifth Doctor sometimes indulged in.
Amethyst revisits her Doctor Who costume. Surely, she was an obvious choice for S. :p
Looking out the window where I do my financial records at home, I have seen a young squirrel on a wood fence eating a nut or dashing away when a neighbor walks in his or her yard... Once it was thrashing its tail around. I understand this is one form of communication for these fussy animals, but (s)he must have been really stirred up.
Many times I heard a squirrel scold, usually when there's danger.(Once when we were digging up its horde) One,however, yelled at my mother because she splashed water on it the day before !
Looking out the window where I do my financial records at home, I have seen a young squirrel on a wo
They really know how to sound seriously upset. :p One time, over a decade ago, I heard a squirrel squawking up a storm. When I looked across the street at a neighbor's house, there was the squirrel scurrying back and forth in the front window, unwilling to risk jumping down onto the porch or its railing. The reason why became obvious quickly. One of my cats was sitting down on the porch staring up at the squirrel, sometimes budging to the side to keep the squirrel corralled. I don't know how the stalemate was ultimately resolved, though. Probably, the squirrel escaped when someone went to investigate or the neighbor got home. Perhaps my cat got tired of teasing the squirrel. (I don't think she wanted to hunt it. Adult grays aren't dinky things.)
They really know how to sound seriously upset. :p One time, over a decade ago, I heard a squirrel s
I was walking home from work,having gotten off the bus and was just one block away when a cat chased a squirrel up a tree.The cat watched the squirrel who was on a limb and yelling at the cat. I watched. Soon the squirrel moved to a diff.branch, but continued its noise. I think it finally jumped to a nearby rainspout.
This was in the suburbs (squirrels will bolt if you get within 7'). Upstate we had a summer home but sold it 14 years ago. I saw from my kitchen window a squirrel charge at some birds (starlings?) pecking at bread put out for them. I think he wanted to grab a bird,but missed. In that area,you can't get within 20'. In the deep woods, they don't want you anywhere in sight.
I was walking home from work,having gotten off the bus and was just one block away when a cat chased
It's possible he wanted a bird. Squirrels will occasionally chow down on small mammals or birds. A news report from Siberia once detailed a horde of squirrels ganging up on a medium-sized dog barking obnoxiously at them and tearing the canine apart, apparently eating it in the process. When the squirrels were chased away, some were carrying chunks of dog. It seems the squirrels were driven to extremes due to starvation.
It's possible he wanted a bird. Squirrels will occasionally chow down on small mammals or birds. A
At a wedding, 2 white doves were released and, having been born & raised in captivity, and lacking survival skills, managed to fly into a tree , where they were attacked & killed by squirrels. The pastor later said that he would NOT conduct any more weddings where an animal sacrifice was planned !
Near the time I saw that squirrel lunge at a bird, I saw a chipmunk crossing a road. It sped up as a bird swooped at it. I think she was defending her chicks or squabs or whatever.
Should professional hunters cull the squirrel population, to increase the population of songbirds ?
At a wedding, 2 white doves were released and, having been born & raised in captivity, and lacking s
I suspect squirrels aren't that big a problem overall. After all, birds have been dealing with squirrels since these lands were covered by wall-to-wall forests.
Still, it seems that pastor wasn't nuts about doves getting squirreled away. Can't say that I blame him. :o
I suspect squirrels aren't that big a problem overall. After all, birds have been dealing with squi
