Bleacher Creature
This squirrel seems to have one of the best seats in the house to…. whatever event he’s there to watch. Maybe it’s a baseball game at a stadium where the groundskeeper doesn’t bother to weed out the...
View Article#18 – Peter, Peter…
One of my blogging traditions that actually predates the birth of Evil Squirrel’s Nest is the “squirrel o’lantern” I carve every Halloween. When the calendar flips to November, I always toss the...
View ArticleThe Lighter Side
Four years ago, I shared some really good photos I got of a squirrel at the park who was rocking a very blonde fur-do. It was the first and only time I’d ever seen a squirrel THAT lightly colored all...
View Article#17 – Happy Squirrel
If I honestly have to explain to you why this particular squirrel is ranked so high in my Top 50 Saturday Squirrels of All Time countdown…… all I can ask is why do you even bother reading my blog? And...
View ArticleCreepy Critter
Have you ever looked too closely at something very common…. a thing or even a word…. and concentrated so hard on it that it made what was once familiar almost unrecognizable? Stare at a color image...
View Article#16 – Let Them Eat Steak
As we’ve already seen in this countdown, squirrels will eat, or at least pick at, just about anything edible they find lying around. That includes our discarded human food, of which the edibility may...
View ArticleThe Shell Game
Humans tend to be messy creatures. It’s one of those animalistic traits that thousands of years of civilization hasn’t quite beaten out of our species yet. Get a whole bunch of people together in one...
View Article#15 – Cover Squirrel
He’s not particularly noteworthy or special, but there isn’t a squirrel whose adorable mug has appeared more often on Evil Squirrel’s Nest than this week’s honoree in my Top 50 Saturday Squirrels of...
View ArticleWe Have Liftoff
Why go through all the trouble of climbing the tree when it’s so much easier to get to the top by flying up the side of it? This week’s Saturday Squirrel is getting some serious vertical lift here....
View ArticleWatching You
Who says my readers have a monopoly on being entertained by watching my squirrels? This squirrel looks like she’s quite interested in watching YOU! She even brought along a snack to enjoy as she...
View Article#13 – Frozen In Time
This is the final entry in my Top 50 Saturday Squirrels of All Time countdown that was based on just one really amazing photo…. and what a photo it is! Gifted with a brand new camera for Christmas in...
View ArticleClose Up Cutie
Same squirrel as last week, only this time I’m going to show you a few more pics I got of her. I’ve very rarely gotten better close ups of any squirrel before… And the first sign I got that this …...
View Article#12 – Earn Your Stripes
Despite over a decade now of frequently watching and photographing squirrels, I’m unfortunately rarely able to tell one critter from another. Part of that is a general “face blindness” I have that...
View ArticleMean Squirrels
Same squirrel as the past two weeks….. Only this time, rather than cute and cuddly closeups of her adorable features, we’re instead treated to this rather…… um, unpleasant look. Goodness, have you ever...
View Article#11 – Wag The Squirrel
It was just another Thursday morning. I was still working on that day’s comic when my Mom dropped by for an unexpected visit. Had she just stayed at home that day, I wouldn’t have been outside when...
View ArticleMadame Squirrel
Yes, it’s her again… The same squirrel whose photos have graced my past three Saturday Squirrel posts. I got so many good pics of her on that one afternoon three weeks ago that I wanted to share as...
View Article#10 – In The Shadows
If this countdown of my favorite Saturday Squirrels of all time were merely a popularity contest based on the number of hits received, then this entry would be much higher…… as in Number One higher....
View ArticleOpen Wide!
Not every squirrel likes to nibble on things. Some prefer the more direct approach to eating, and this squirrel’s lowered the drawbridge all the way to make sure he can get all of that tasty nut...
View Article#9 – Say Cheese!
It’s always fascinating (if not really a good thing) to watch wild animals eat food that was intended for human consumption. And this countdown of my favorite Saturday Squirrels has already featured...
View ArticleReady For The Nest
Big furry white belly? Check! Big nut in her mouth? Check! Wardrobe malfunction slightly exposing nipple? Erm…… check! Posing with dandelions? Check! This one’s definitely ready for their Saturday...
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