It’s that time of year again when the yard is filled with squirrels in territorial wars. Our yard happens to be a prime battleground too. Photo by mandj98
A neighbor a couple of doors down feeds the ducks and squirrels. Many a day, Chris will find a chewed up corn cob on the deck. So, there’s a sure food source, plenty of water with the lake, and the creme’ de la creme’—a black walnut tree.
I’m amazed at how these squirrels will bite into one of these huge nuts and run off with it. Currently, a nasty and feisty red squirrels holds the reins at this fort. Day after day, he scrambles up the black walnut tree, pulls down a walnut, runs to the side of the house where he sometimes cracks it open and eats it, and then runs across the deck through the garden to some secret hiding place. He does this so often that he has actually worn a path from the tree to the deck.
And nasty? Did I say nasty? Just let one of those gray squirrels try and get in on his action. He’ll chase them well out of the yard, practically jumping on the interloper’s back.
Needless to say, it’s keeping me occupied. Drives me nuts when they get so close to the window and I can’t get him. Ah, but with that one, I kind of wonder who’d be chasing whom.
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