Squirrels
This is the week that autumn began looking a little more like winter. The thermometer fell below freezing here for the first time since last April, the wind strengthened and stripped many tress of their fall colors, the shadows are steadily lengthening as the sun tracks lower in the sky.
Nature
I had no idea that squirrels ate tree flowers. I don't know why the idea surprised me when Mark Volpe sent me the picture above, but it did - after all squirrels do eat or gnaw on just about everything else. The practice was confirmed for Red Squirrels
Nature
Over the past several weeks the red squirrels have been in their breeding season. Females are in estrus for one day, and they cause a lot of chattering and chasing about. Besides being the fastest thing in the forest they are a watchful and cautious creatures; so much so I