Especially if one looks forward to the weekend. So, let's have fun with squirrels today.
According to this one, it was hidden behind the new plant.
The squirrels know that I chase them off the flowerpots, as they destroy the roots of the flowers by planting their nuts deep into the pots. Another problem is that a few squirrels plant their nuts in the same pots, so, you can imagine what happens to a plant when everyone comes to collect their nuts. An early Christmas, when one discovers more nuts in a pot that other squirrels have planted. Real bedlam if one sees another one digging in a pot, and the poor flower ends up in the middle of the battle.
I don't think that the governor of the Cape, a Mr Cecil John Rhodes, knew what things would look like now when he imported the squirrels during the 1800s from the UK. Apparently, he wanted a reminder of his homeland and to see the squirrels in the imported Oak trees in his garden. Not realising that nature would proliferate his efforts in sheer abundance. Turns out that now we have them all over.
And, so, he decided that things were safe, and he started to mine for nuts.
Squirrels are loved by some, and hated by others, as they regard them as garden and crop pests. They have also to be careful of predators, such as big raptor birds, dogs, cars, and every time that we see a squirrel in a roadkill, that makes us feel so bad.
This little one gave me a death stare, as I made a loud noise, but it saw that I was looking through the study window and that I couldn't get to it.
So, what do you think it did?
Well, it used the pot as a toilet, just to show me that it was not scared of me. Lol. And then it left.
If you think that was funny, then let's have a look in nature.
That little one found a nice Sealy-Posture Pedic mattress to rest upon.
In the meantime, it was keeping an eye on me to see what I was up to.
As I walked a bit closer, it turned to give me an eye.
And then it said, Hey, can't you see that I am resting here? GO AWAY!
So that's it, just my way to have fun with these cute little ones and let me tell you that they are very active running around all over the place. Now and then, they will take a short rest like the one above, and soon it will scatter up and down that tree at high speed. They are amazing athletes, and it is wonderful to see how agile they are, jumping from branch to branch, and even tree to tree. I have not yet again caught one midair jumping from one tree to another tree, but I have posted one previously in my blog.
I hope everyone will have a good Friday and a great weekend.
Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
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