What I see in my backyard...

[biskitbeetle]

Quite different from the bird we call a robin in North America.

Guess this is it's UK cousin.

 

[scifan57]

Guess this is it's UK cousin.

See my edited post.

 

[scifan57]

Not quite in my backyard,but seen while walking down the street near my house.









It's the same squirrel in all three photos.

 

[scifan57]

Squirrels in my backyard.

 

[scifan57]

Squirrel burying a peanut less than 6 feet from me.

 

[jwt873]

I had a groundhog running around my property last year. It decided to move on last fall:

Here it is in my back yard with a mouth full of grass

 

[fleur07]

Squirrel burying a peanut less than 6 feet from me.

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We have a squirrel that scratches at my kitchen window when her feeder is empty and she likes my son, she sits right next to him and he can feed her.

 

[MattIM]

In the past four summers, my family has spent a month on Beaver Island, Michigan. We rent this house for a month, this is the view from the back deck. You can get to Beaver Island by boat or airplane.

 

[leelai]

Oh now that's just beautiful Matt!

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[skimonkey]

wow...Scifan...love all the cute Squirrel pics you posted. They are the cutest little creatures aren't they?

@ JWt...great pic of your groundhog...hope that wasn't grass or something from your garden. We had a few that tore up our lettuce patch and left a mess!

@ Fleur...I have heard squirrels "knocking" on the window for food when they know about a reliable food source!! How cute is that!!

@ MattiM...haven't yet made it to Beaver Island...but certainly is one of the jewels of our wonderful State of Michigan!!

 

[Czevski]

I have a squirrel with half a tail in my yard but haven't got a photo yet. But I did get a photo of the oriole that finally visited my oriole feeder.

 

[Kaykaykay]

One of you outdoors lovers has got to get this:

Humiliate Your Backyard Pests With This Giant Head Squirrel Feeder

I don't care much for the outdoors, and I wouldn't have the patience to wait around looking for squirrels, or I'd get one.

 

[Kaykaykay]

wow...Scifan...love all the cute Squirrel pics you posted. They are the cutest little creatures aren't they

I've seen cute squirrels, but also some that have made me laugh or shudder.

I remember my husband pointing out a squirrel to me once that looked all scrawny and raggedy, like a little beggar squirrel. Its fur was all askew and tufty. Another time, I remember going on a date ages ago and having a date shake in S. California. (There are kiosks by the water that sell shakes made out of dates.) There were overflowing garbage cans with the remains of shakes, fries and such. Those squirrels must've had all they could eat, without restraint. They made me kind of sick looking at them, because they were so fat, they had weird bulges all over, like a sack of fur with odd-shaped things crammed into them. Horror!

 

[skimonkey]

One of you outdoors lovers has got to get this:

Humiliate Your Backyard Pests With This Giant Head Squirrel Feeder

I don't care much for the outdoors, and I wouldn't have the patience to wait around looking for squirrels, or I'd get one.

Oh my gosh...I need one of those squirrel head feeders!! Too cute!!

I've seen cute squirrels, but also some that have made me laugh or shudder.

I remember my husband pointing out a squirrel to me once that looked all scrawny and raggedy, like a little beggar squirrel. Its fur was all askew and tufty. Another time, I remember going on a date ages ago and having a date shake in S. California. (There are kiosks by the water that sell shakes made out of dates.) There were overflowing garbage cans with the remains of shakes, fries and such. Those squirrels must've had all they could eat, without restraint. They made me kind of sick looking at them, because they were so fat, they had weird bulges all over, like a sack of fur with odd-shaped things crammed into them. Horror!

That is too funny, Kay! The squirrels here are plumping up real good for the winter...and so early, too. Am a little worried about that to think Winter is getting closer! I agree that some squirrels can look a bit scrawny, mangy looking. I guess when there is a known food source around, those squirrels feel pretty safe to just sit and eat all day without a worry of anything!

BTW...never had a date shake before. Was it any good or was it bad and that's why there were so many tossed in the garbage?

 

[skimonkey]

I have a squirrel with half a tail in my yard but haven't got a photo yet. But I did get a photo of the oriole that finally visited my oriole feeder.

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Czevski...I know we have orioles around here, but haven't seen any come by. I guess I need an oriole feeder now.

Have you had any sightings of Monarch butterflies around your area? I have only seen 3 this summer so far.