Picture of the day - December 30, 2006

Mom's Thieving Squirrels

My mom loves to look out her large glass doors and watch the action at her bird feeders, and they certainly see plenty of business in the wintertime. In fact, the action is virtually non-stop with numerous cardinals, finches, blue jays, woodpeckers and several other bird species flying in to dine at her all-you-can-eat "seed and suet buffet". This year mom's bird feeders are being visited by some folks who really have no business being there: a gang of grey squirrels! The brazen and bold little rodents simply swagger over, scamper up the post and stuff themselves with all the bird seed they can hold - which apparently is quite a lot! Cheria, Olivia and I were visiting with mom yesterday afternoon when we saw three of the furry bandits spring into action. Like a detective in a low-budget movie, Cheria quietly made her way over to the door and began taking pictures of the crime in progress - but instead of running away the bold thieves just kept on eating! Well, at least she was able to gather some hard evidence to turn over to the judge (mom)! In the end, mom decided to go easy on the scoundrels and let them eat to their hearts' content. After all, there is plenty of food to go around - and those rascally rodents had to be the cutest little convicts she had ever seen!   Submit a photo of your own! Picture of the day archives