Picture of the day - December 1, 2006

A Squirrel Visiting Our Front Yard

Cheria and I are blessed to have quite a variety of regular backyard visitors. On most any given day we can peek out our back door and see several species of wild birds, ducks, possums, groundhogs, and other animals. Besides the birds, our most frequent visitors seem to be a number of grey squirrels that scurry into our back yard in order to gather up the hundreds of black walnuts that fall to the ground every fall. Since virtually all of our walnut trees are in the back yard and along the creek bank, the squirrels tend to confine their activities to those areas. It is a rare occasion indeed when we spot one of them in our front yard, but when I pulled into our driveway the other day I saw the cute little rodent featured in today's picture perched high off the ground in one of our recently topped maple trees. Instead of running away, my furry friend just sat there with an inquisitive look on his face while I reached inside the car and grabbed my camera. After firing off a few shots, I went into the house to give him an opportunity to make his getaway. He (she?) quickly scampered down out of the tree and took off for the back yard to rejoin the other squirrels on their endless quest for walnuts. And why not? We have plenty and they're welcome to gather all they want!   Submit a photo                       Picture of the day archives