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Christine Hanrahan

Red squirrel eating crabapples

I was rather entertained by the antics of a red squirrel this afternoon at FWG. He had a withered crabapple from which he was carefully peeling the pulp. Once that was done, he spent quite some time finding just the right spot to hide the seed, which he'd been holding firmly in his mouth. With his nose he pushed and shoved the seed into a crevice until it was quite well lodged. Then he rushed off to repeat the process. Only problem was, the crabapple he wanted was out of reach on the end of a tiny, flimsy twig. Several times he attempted to walk out along the twig, but each time it bent dangerously and finally he gave up. Sitting on a nearby branch he appeared to be considering the problem quite carefully. At last, he ran up another branch and tried to reach down to this elusive prize, still to no avail. Each time he was thwarted he'd stamp his feet in frustration. After about 10 minutes of this, he gave up and sped off across the trees. This photo was NOT taken today, but it does show a fat little red in a crabapple, peeling pulp.


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Blandine Mangin27-Feb-2010 16:42
very beautiful capture ! v
Guest 27-Feb-2010 14:43
This is a really great shot. Great job on this one BV
slhoornstra23-Feb-2010 18:03
Revisited, so lovely and what fun to gorge!!
Fabienne13-Feb-2010 00:14
C'est une très jolie photo où les détails et les couleurs ressortent joliment.
reflectionsofnature11-Feb-2010 20:46
Another really nice photo and story combo. It sounds like reds have fits when they can't get what they want just like some young kids do.
slhoornstra29-May-2009 14:32
A lovely story to go with this little guy. I love to watch oue grey squirrels . They look like bakers kneading dough when they bury their loot. Ih aven't seen a red squirrel in some time,sadly.
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