Well, the squirrel babies are grown, and Earie may be working on litter #2. Compared to the youngsters, she looks faded and tired. I'll miss her when she's gone; squirrels don't live overly long and we've known her for quite a while now.
I caught two moles under our bird feeder and transported them to an overgrown area by a school But, there's still at least one more under there. That area of the yard is pretty popular with all kinds of critters. Birds of all shapes, sizes and colors, obviously, and squirrels, moles, and rabbits who like the fresh shoots sprouting from spilled seed. Someone visits our deck overnight and is pushing around the brick-like dish we feed Earie from. Twice I found it on the ground; this morning I found it broken on the sidewalk. It'll still work to hold some seed, but we were miffed nonetheless. One of the youngsters knows to get food from it as well, and likes to work his teeth on it.
So, that's the update on the critters on our lot!
Friday, June 19, 2009
Friday, May 15, 2009
over a year? really??
I can't believe it's been over a year since I posted here. I've been super busy with multiple organizations a projects, unfortunately none of them being my master's thesis.
Since this blog seems to be squirrel-centric, I may as well update you on Earie. She had babies!!! Last weekend, we saw three little rapscallions being all squirrelly in our backyard, trees, and lilac bush. Is it silly to say they look a lot like her? So far this week, we've only seen one... the daredevil one I assume, though he's still a little chicken-shit when he notices us. Or a bird swoops by. Or a rabbit wiggles its nose. I hope the other two are OK (i.e. - still alive). So adorable to see them climbing all over mom while she's trying to eat. Then she'll tackle one for a quick cleaning/wrestling session. I hope we see them all again this weekend. I gotta carry the camera around with me and get some pics.
In much sadder news, we lost Jake, our cat, in January. I still miss him a lot. Being home kind of sucks, which has encouraged me to spend more time at work, so I suppose that's a good thing, as we're busier than we've ever been - lots of potential student inquiries, but a lot of fighting for funding. We are a nonprofit, and will take donations if you're so inclined!! http://www.tri-state-grad.org .
Speaking of, better get back to it!!
Since this blog seems to be squirrel-centric, I may as well update you on Earie. She had babies!!! Last weekend, we saw three little rapscallions being all squirrelly in our backyard, trees, and lilac bush. Is it silly to say they look a lot like her? So far this week, we've only seen one... the daredevil one I assume, though he's still a little chicken-shit when he notices us. Or a bird swoops by. Or a rabbit wiggles its nose. I hope the other two are OK (i.e. - still alive). So adorable to see them climbing all over mom while she's trying to eat. Then she'll tackle one for a quick cleaning/wrestling session. I hope we see them all again this weekend. I gotta carry the camera around with me and get some pics.
In much sadder news, we lost Jake, our cat, in January. I still miss him a lot. Being home kind of sucks, which has encouraged me to spend more time at work, so I suppose that's a good thing, as we're busier than we've ever been - lots of potential student inquiries, but a lot of fighting for funding. We are a nonprofit, and will take donations if you're so inclined!! http://www.tri-state-grad.org .
Speaking of, better get back to it!!
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