Is Spring here? Part 2 the Critters
The squirrels, we had a few, then apparently one of them shared it as a hotspot on Squirrel TikTok and we are overrun! Some damn squirrel influencer probably;) It might just be the buffet table though;)
These are actually Eastern Gray squirrels, that are black. I think it’s some kind of bad ass clan! Ha!16 last count. Minus one, I found tufts of black tail hair and a few small owl feathers by the feeder this week. We do actually have the gray squirrels as well:) Just lot’s of variations on the colour.
They vary in weight as well, from slender…to supersized…depending on how much time they spend at the buffet!
They are an endless source of amusement for the Mewberries. A bit big to take on these guys, they’ll give chase but not really with the intention of bringing one home. Groot watches them from the picnic table, I mean buffet table, blocking their noonday munchies.
They are pretty bold, sneaking up behind him even to grab a peanut and run! The real chases are saved for the impertinent trash talking red squirrels! They, are fair game!
The hours spent watching them, jump from tree to tree, chase after them as they scamper to the feeder base searching for sunflower seeds and then chasing them back up a tree, only to lose them in the tree tops and to start again! This year Groot realized they make tunnels! In the snow! He’d stake out the entrances!
It’s called cat exercise:) It can get somewhat acrobatic at times! Involving great leaps and possibly a small amount of tree climbing, less than in their junior years…the boys are out of shape!
“Go ahead, make my day cat! You’ve got to ask yourself one question: “Do I feel lucky? Well, do you, punk?” Ha!
…and, the Chipmunks are out. Surely a sign of Spring!! They are the ultimate prize! So far Rocket has caught two, and lost two, much to his amazement “Where’d they go Müther? I just left it there!”…I like that. Run chippy run!!!
They are so ready to go out every morning…the snow is gone, they can flop and roll on the driveway, they have Spring Fever! Meowing at the door every morning, then again in the afternoon. They don’t get to go out alone, we always accompany them, such joy in this new found warmth! Groot loves to simply sit on the table and take it all in. A bit of bird watching, guarding against squirrels, and the strutting his stuff as he makes his rounds to the dead catnips plants…all his! If this cat had an entrance song it would be…♫♪♫ Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown♪♫♪ except, he ain’t so bad;) maybe Booker T and the MG’s Green Onions would be more apropos;) I own ALL this;) says Groot.
Spring…I’m not ruling out a few more snow flurries and cold nights and days but I hope the worst is past, then I remember the 12″ of snow we once got on April Fools Day…Please not again! Ha! No more plowing bills! We’re caught up!
Stay tuned for a few more birds and things as we play catch up to Spring! So far no foxes or bears but hey, it’s still early!
