Saturday, June 20, 2009

The Intruder

We get some pretty bold squirrels in the yard. They mooch off of the various bird feeders and chase the birds away who were there first. Skittles and Jasmine love to race out the back door to go on "Squirrel Patrol". They never catch the squirrels. They just stand under the trees and bark at them. Jasmine usually gives up pretty quickly, but Skittles will continue to search for the squirrel in the tree for a while. I doubt they would know what to do with a squirrel if they caught one...maybe bring it in the house like the turtle.

This guy was quite content munching away while I walked out back to take his picture. I had to walk around a bit to get a decent camera shot because the sun was behind him. He did not budge a bit while I was out there. He just looked me in the eye and kept eating.

2 comments:

Lin said...

Hobbes is convinced he's gonna get the squirrels, but what he's gonna do with it when he gets it--I don't know. He charges them too when I open the door. The squirrels all chatter at him and he chatters back. The whole bunch is goofy!

Merry said...

I love hearing about that boy. He is a character.