Bundles Of Joy
I love it when one of my followers posts pictures of squirrels on their blog, because it makes me seem a bit less weird (NTTAWWT). One of the best things about seeing other people’s squirrels is that...
View ArticleThe Swamp
Last Friday seemed like a perfect day to head to the park for a desperately needed new batch of photos to add to the world’s largest squirrel picture archive. Alas, despite having had two dry days in...
View ArticleGot A Problem?
The quizzical looks that squirrels will give me as I try to take their pictures from down on the ground rarely fail to be both innocent and adorable. There are rare occasions where look I receive is...
View ArticleAn Oldie But Cutie
Along with featuring the natural beauty of my favorite species, one of the hallmarks of my long running Saturday Squirrel series was the storytelling that went along with each adorable photo I posted....
View ArticleHanging Out
Here’s another vintage squirrel photo pulled from the backpages of my archive, featuring a pair of the critters playing around on one of the limbs of my oak tree… most likely a scene from a chase. The...
View ArticleBack In Action
After a long stretch of icky weather since the start of Spring had kept me from being able to do one of my park walks looking for squirrels, I’m happy to report that I was able to take my camera …...
View ArticleBlondes Have More Fun
I have often complained about the lack of variety when it comes to the squirrels in my neck of the woods. It appears we have all common greys in this locale. And while that doesn’t mean there aren’t...
View ArticlePlank’s Constant
A body in motion doesn’t always remain in motion. Sometimes it needs to rest… and even the most hyperactive squirrel occasionally has to turn off the rocket thrusters and just chill out. Check out...
View ArticleBite Worse Than Its Bark
Is this what happens when nuts are in short supply? Do squirrels really resort to eating tree bark? Come on, man, that can’t possibly be that tasty. And just think what it’ll do to your teeth… do...
View ArticleI’ll Scratch Your Back…
As an arboreal species that has the amazing ability to climb, run and leap through trees as easily as we might walk on a sidewalk, a squirrel needs some pretty good claws that are good at both clinging...
View ArticleThe Tide Is High
The weather last Monday morning wasn’t fit for neither man nor beast, as overnight rains turned my town with its notoriously poor drainage system into Water World. There was at least one critter who...
View ArticleCrew Cut
Winter squirrels are the cutest squirrels you will ever come across, because the very thick and fluffy fur they grow out during the Fall makes them look so scritchably soft! Naturally, the opposite if...
View ArticleCan’t See Me!
As I was perusing my old squirrel pictures for my Calendar Squirrel feature (If you haven’t already, don’t forget to vote for Mr. or Ms. February!), I came across a rather funny photo that I almost...
View ArticleSaturday Prize Patrol
Hey you! Yes, YOU! The squirrel chomping on that nut! Congratulations, dude! You’ve just been named this week’s Saturday Squirrel on The Nest! What do you think about that? Yes way! You’ve...
View ArticleNutopia
I’ve been dealing with the unmistakable sound of acorns plopping off my backyard oak tree the past few weeks. The amount of acorns produced by oak trees can vary quite a bit from year to year, from...
View ArticleEye In The Sky
Just remember as you go out and about today that you never know who may be watching you from up above. At least he’s cuter than a drone… Have a great weekend everyone! Advertisements
View ArticleGet A Head
Here’s a scary sciurine monstrosity just in time for the Halloween season. May I present to you The Headless Squirrel! He runs about aimlessly through the trees searching for his missing appendage,...
View ArticleHello Down There!
Oh look! Up there! Someone’s happy to see you! Maybe you should toss him a peanut. Or perhaps a sip of your coffee… Wouldn’t you know it… you just went out for a walk, and now you’ve made a friend …...
View ArticleSquirrel In The Weeds
How do you mellow out a squirrel? Why, you give him a toke of the good stuff, that’s how. This squirrel seems to have found himself a stash of….. well, weeds, if not THE weed. I mean, it looks a …...
View ArticleBackrubs
Aw, how sweet of this squirrel to provide a fellow sciurine with some much needed backrubs! Scampering around the park, leaping through trees, and hours and hours of burying nuts is such a stressful...
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