We hope that everyone will have a good Friday, and a fab weekend!
Come and see what fun we have with the squirrels here at home. There are five of them, but only three are on show today. A frantic feeding frenzy in the cloudy and cold late afternoon, as they also knew that rain was on its way. Don't ask me how I know that they knew that rain was coming, as all that I know is that the wildlife have their own weather predictors, or instincts. Maybe they talk to each other, something like this; Hey Jack, we better grab some food mate, as rain is on its way".
Two athletes in a synchronized jumping event.
Now you cannot get a perfect synchronized jump, such as in the second picture, if you don't practice like this below.
There are three squirrels in the photo below, but you might only see two. Take a look at the wooden flower box at the left, as then you will see the third squirrel burying a nut in the box.
Any case if you don't see the three squirrels in the picture above, the third squirrel jumped down from the wooden box.
They run around all over, and every now and then, they will stop to pick up a snack.
The athletes continue to stock up on some protein, and peanuts are the answer.
Finally, this one had a choice, the granadilla, or the nuts, and as you can see it preferred the nuts.
Now here is a strange thing. Two of the squirrels will only eat avocado, that my wife places out for them every day. Then we have one that loves to eat the granadillas, and finally the other two will eat anything. So, if we think that us as humans are the only ones that prefer to eat different kinds of food, then I have news for you, it is the exact same in the wild. One of them dropped its granadilla to sit right behind it in order to eat some nuts.
But how do we tell the squirrels apart, well, there are three females and two males, each with distinctive marks. In the past we used to give them human names, but, then there's heartsore, as a predator took a Mary, or a Benny. So, no more names, as we never see them again, and the birds of prey continue to hover high up above in a search for prey. The Harrier Hawks are a real danger for the squirrels, and we now have two of the hawks coming over every day.
Such is life.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.
Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
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