Category Archives: Meet the Locals

Piggy after the storm

I finally finished managed to dig myself out from the snow-nami we had two days ago. Right after the last shovelful was gone—the sun decided to come out. The squirrels came by for lunch, and this included our old friend … Continue reading

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Piggy the Squirrel in winter

Piggy the squirrel must be living a bit further away because we don’t see him as frequently as before. He dropped by today and we were glad to see him.

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Bear the squirrel gets into a fight, ends up bleeding

The other day I started giving the local squirrels some whole nuts, in addition to the usual sunflower seeds. While our squirrels gladly take the sunflower seeds, they don’t seem to think of them as something worth fighting over. Shelled … Continue reading

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Gracie’s baby?

This baby squirrel started showing up recently. It’s really small, and seems to be about 8 weeks old. We are almost sure due to earlier sightings that it’s Gracie’s kid.

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Bear drops by for a visit

Bear is still around and she dropped by for a visit this morning. She has no fur at the base of her tail right now. A condition that she seems to be susceptible to. We call it ‘tail rot.’

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