Topic: Squirrels are not lazy

[wvchat]

I was working in the yard today and over the hill I noticed something slowly moving.  Perplexed, I watched it for several minutes because if my eyes weren't deceiving me it looked like an ear of corn.  A lot of strange things happen here on the farm but walking corn is definitely not the norm.  As it got closer I recognised my walking corn was actually being carried by a squirrel.  The ear of corn was about the same size as the squirrel so it was kinda funny watching this little guy struggle with his load.  The squirrel was heading for a locust tree at the top of the hill,  it's about a 200' climb.  This little fellow struggled over some high grass and brush,  tugged it over an old log and after about 15 minutes of hard manual corn carrying labor he made it within just a few feet of the top.  One last struggle to figure out how he was going to get his treasure up the tree.  He stopped and looked up the tree and just sat there for a few minutes while it appeared he was devising his plan of how to get the corn up to his nest.  After careful consideration,  up he went.  Tugging and pulling and drat,  he dropped it.  Back down the tree.  Sits and thinks about it some more.  Back up the tree.  He dropped it again.  This was not a squirrel  that was going to give up easily.    New plan,  back up the tree.  Slowly,  carefully,  up he goes.  He makes it up about 15' to the first branch.  Suddenly,  and  faster than the blink of an eye down comes another squirrel attacks him and takes his corn.  This was war.  These two squirrels rolled around and fought till between the two of them they dropped the corn again.  One of them went back down to get it,  I'm not sure which one.  It is my hopes that they came to a peaceful conclusion and at least shared it though.  Funniest thing I've seen in a long time.

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[Zook]

Interesting story.   There is a food shortage for animals. I read this week that deer and squirrels are having  a hard time finding food and it is expected there will be more road kill this year as animals cross the roadways in search of food. That ear of corn may be all those squirrels you saw could find to eat.

 "Beechnuts are 46 percent below normal. Walnuts are down by 23 percent and white oak acorns are down by 48 percent. Hickory nuts, chestnut oak acorns, apples and other mast also are down." CDM

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[libby]

That was a great story, WV.

libby


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[wvchat]

Interesting story.   There is a food shortage for animals. I read this week that deer and squirrels are having  a hard time finding food and it is expected there will be more road kill this year as animals cross the roadways in search of food. That ear of corn may be all those squirrels you saw could find to eat.

 "Beechnuts are 46 percent below normal. Walnuts are down by 23 percent and white oak acorns are down by 48 percent. Hickory nuts, chestnut oak acorns, apples and other mast also are down." CDM

Yes,  it seems here that walnuts didn't hit well and apples were scrubby at best and some trees had little or nothing.  Lots of hawthorn that the deers like.  I do have deer here and they didn't get in my garden this year so they must be getting something.  The squirrels,  they're garden thieves.  LOL

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[WVaGal]

At the lake the squirrels were cutting nuts and acorns real early...I hope they survive trhe winter...plan to put out food for them all winter...

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[wvchat]

I figure I will be feeding the squirrels, wild turkey and deer this winter too. 

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