sounds like a coooolllldddd winter is a-coming.

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Claudia
Totus Tuus
"zookeeper" wrote in message
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"Ka30P" wrote in message
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Bill wrote Damn Squirrels, they're stealing all the creek stones from
around
my pond.

That's a new one!! I wonder what the heck they are doing with them?
This summer we watched a chipmunk steal napkins out of a napkin holder
and
run
off with them. We figured he would have the coziest nest in Oregon this
winter.

We've also watched squirrels carrying away some very strange items:
soda bottle lids
swimming goggle straps
chunks that they gnawed out of purple, orange and green soft styrofoam
pool
"noodle" floats
pieces of cardboard boxes and plastic lawn bags
plastic or glass decorative marbles and beads

Would love to see their decorated and insulated nests!!
--
zookeeper
Oregon, USDA Zone 7
3500gal pond, 13 pond piggies

sounds like a coooolllldddd winter is a-coming.

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Claudia
Totus Tuus
"zookeeper" wrote in message
...
"Ka30P" wrote in message
...
Bill wrote Damn Squirrels, they're stealing all the creek stones from
around
my pond.

That's a new one!! I wonder what the heck they are doing with them?
This summer we watched a chipmunk steal napkins out of a napkin holder
and
run
off with them. We figured he would have the coziest nest in Oregon this
winter.

We've also watched squirrels carrying away some very strange items:
soda bottle lids
swimming goggle straps
chunks that they gnawed out of purple, orange and green soft styrofoam
pool
"noodle" floats
pieces of cardboard boxes and plastic lawn bags
plastic or glass decorative marbles and beads

Would love to see their decorated and insulated nests!!
--
zookeeper
Oregon, USDA Zone 7
3500gal pond, 13 pond piggies

"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
...

"Bill Stock" wrote in message
ogers.com...
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We thought they might be using them for their nest, but we aren't sure.
I
left a yellow shopvac bag on the porch last year and one squirrel
thought
it
made fine nest material. We assumed he was an Atlantic squirrel, what
with
the bright yellow abode.
snip

Or a Beatles fan?

Ah, they're building a yellow submarine for the pond and needed the creek
stone for ballast.


BV.

"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
...

"Bill Stock" wrote in message
ogers.com...
snip
We thought they might be using them for their nest, but we aren't sure.
I
left a yellow shopvac bag on the porch last year and one squirrel
thought
it
made fine nest material. We assumed he was an Atlantic squirrel, what
with
the bright yellow abode.
snip

Or a Beatles fan?

Ah, they're building a yellow submarine for the pond and needed the creek
stone for ballast.


BV.

Simply climb the tree...and show 'em yer nuts.

Talk about ambiguity!

hehehe might help to climb the tree nekkid!

Isn't this squirrel abuse?

The squirrels here on a restricted diet, having to work a seed at a time
out of the bird feeder right now. I usually give them their own chow, in a
lidded box, but what I feed in the summer that would last 3-4 days, is gone
by nightfall, buried mostly. When that instinct passes, I'll start filling
their box again. ~ jan


~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

Simply climb the tree...and show 'em yer nuts.

Talk about ambiguity!

hehehe might help to climb the tree nekkid!

Isn't this squirrel abuse?

The squirrels here on a restricted diet, having to work a seed at a time
out of the bird feeder right now. I usually give them their own chow, in a
lidded box, but what I feed in the summer that would last 3-4 days, is gone
by nightfall, buried mostly. When that instinct passes, I'll start filling
their box again. ~ jan


~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

Well I just got blessed with a 1or 2 week old baby squirrel today that
fell out of a nest in an oak tree I had to take down due to Ivan. Had
no earth;ly idea squirrels were having young this time of year. Due to
the squirrels age, and conditions I had from Ivan, we are of course
naming this baby squirrel Ivan and if it turns out to be a girl it
will be Ivana. Odds are even if I knew there was a nest with babies in
it, the tree still had to come down as it was loose and leaning pretty
bad towards the barn.......
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Well I just got blessed with a 1or 2 week old baby squirrel today that
fell out of a nest in an oak tree I had to take down due to Ivan. Had
no earth;ly idea squirrels were having young this time of year. Due to
the squirrels age, and conditions I had from Ivan, we are of course
naming this baby squirrel Ivan and if it turns out to be a girl it
will be Ivana. Odds are even if I knew there was a nest with babies in
it, the tree still had to come down as it was loose and leaning pretty
bad towards the barn.......
Visit my website: http://www.frugalmachinist.com
Opinions expressed are those of my wife,
I had no input whatsoever.
Remove "nospam" from email addy.

"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
...
Simply climb the tree...and show 'em yer nuts.

Talk about ambiguity!

hehehe might help to climb the tree nekkid!

Isn't this squirrel abuse?

The squirrels here on a restricted diet, having to work a seed at a time
out of the bird feeder right now. I usually give them their own chow, in a
lidded box, but what I feed in the summer that would last 3-4 days, is
gone
by nightfall, buried mostly. When that instinct passes, I'll start filling
their box again. ~ jan

We feed the little beggars peanuts. We started out with one sickly little
squirrel about two winters ago that did not look too healthy. Unfortunately
we've got a few more that come to the door now. Even the birds (Cardinals,
sparrows and Blue Jays) fly up to the door and beg for peanuts in the
summer. The cats (indoor) can't believe their fortune, having the critters
come to them.

"Bill Stock" wrote in message ...
"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
...
Simply climb the tree...and show 'em yer nuts.

Talk about ambiguity!

hehehe might help to climb the tree nekkid!

Isn't this squirrel abuse?

The squirrels here on a restricted diet, having to work a seed at a time
out of the bird feeder right now. I usually give them their own chow, in a
lidded box, but what I feed in the summer that would last 3-4 days, is
gone
by nightfall, buried mostly. When that instinct passes, I'll start filling
their box again. ~ jan

We feed the little beggars peanuts. We started out with one sickly little
squirrel about two winters ago that did not look too healthy. Unfortunately
we've got a few more that come to the door now. Even the birds (Cardinals,
sparrows and Blue Jays) fly up to the door and beg for peanuts in the
summer. The cats (indoor) can't believe their fortune, having the critters
come to them.

To keep the gray squirrels out of the bird feeders I hang a little net
bag of mothballs in the roof area. They do not like the smell but the
fox or red squirrels dont mind the smell. The other day I had two
young ones in there at one time but the birds have a little better
chance of getting some seed. The mothballs evaporate in about two
days. I will use them on my other feeders.
The nets on the pond so the squirrels[and the neighbors cats] will
have to drink from the birdbaths. It's still a shock to go from 80* to
47* in one day but now we are about 70* for a few days. I shut down
the pond just before the water got cool.

When my parents lived in Central Oregon they put out peanuts for the squirrels
and the blue jays, who they nicknamed, The Blues Brothers. They fed them on the
deck off the kitchen. If my parents decided to sleep in on a Sunday the blue
jays would hang out under their bedroom window and set up a racket to wake them
up to start the morning's peanut delivery.




kathy :-)
algae primer
http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

"Barbara2245" wrote in message
om...
"Bill Stock" wrote in message
...
"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
...
Simply climb the tree...and show 'em yer nuts.

Talk about ambiguity!

hehehe might help to climb the tree nekkid!

Isn't this squirrel abuse?

The squirrels here on a restricted diet, having to work a seed at a
time
out of the bird feeder right now. I usually give them their own chow,
in a
lidded box, but what I feed in the summer that would last 3-4 days, is
gone
by nightfall, buried mostly. When that instinct passes, I'll start
filling
their box again. ~ jan

We feed the little beggars peanuts. We started out with one sickly
little
squirrel about two winters ago that did not look too healthy.
Unfortunately
we've got a few more that come to the door now. Even the birds
(Cardinals,
sparrows and Blue Jays) fly up to the door and beg for peanuts in the
summer. The cats (indoor) can't believe their fortune, having the
critters
come to them.

To keep the gray squirrels out of the bird feeders I hang a little net
bag of mothballs in the roof area. They do not like the smell but the
fox or red squirrels dont mind the smell. The other day I had two
young ones in there at one time but the birds have a little better
chance of getting some seed. The mothballs evaporate in about two
days. I will use them on my other feeders.
The nets on the pond so the squirrels[and the neighbors cats] will
have to drink from the birdbaths. It's still a shock to go from 80* to
47* in one day but now we are about 70* for a few days. I shut down
the pond just before the water got cool.

Thanks Barb, most of our squirrels are Black actually, with a smattering of
Greys. We use a squirrel baffle on the bird feeder, which keeps them out of
most trouble, provided they get their peanuts.

"Barbara2245" wrote in message
om...
"Bill Stock" wrote in message
...
"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
...
Simply climb the tree...and show 'em yer nuts.

Talk about ambiguity!

hehehe might help to climb the tree nekkid!

Isn't this squirrel abuse?

The squirrels here on a restricted diet, having to work a seed at a
time
out of the bird feeder right now. I usually give them their own chow,
in a
lidded box, but what I feed in the summer that would last 3-4 days, is
gone
by nightfall, buried mostly. When that instinct passes, I'll start
filling
their box again. ~ jan

We feed the little beggars peanuts. We started out with one sickly
little
squirrel about two winters ago that did not look too healthy.
Unfortunately
we've got a few more that come to the door now. Even the birds
(Cardinals,
sparrows and Blue Jays) fly up to the door and beg for peanuts in the
summer. The cats (indoor) can't believe their fortune, having the
critters
come to them.

To keep the gray squirrels out of the bird feeders I hang a little net
bag of mothballs in the roof area. They do not like the smell but the
fox or red squirrels dont mind the smell. The other day I had two
young ones in there at one time but the birds have a little better
chance of getting some seed. The mothballs evaporate in about two
days. I will use them on my other feeders.
The nets on the pond so the squirrels[and the neighbors cats] will
have to drink from the birdbaths. It's still a shock to go from 80* to
47* in one day but now we are about 70* for a few days. I shut down
the pond just before the water got cool.

Thanks Barb, most of our squirrels are Black actually, with a smattering of
Greys. We use a squirrel baffle on the bird feeder, which keeps them out of
most trouble, provided they get their peanuts.

"Ka30P" wrote in message
...
When my parents lived in Central Oregon they put out peanuts for the
squirrels
and the blue jays, who they nicknamed, The Blues Brothers. They fed them
on the
deck off the kitchen. If my parents decided to sleep in on a Sunday the
blue
jays would hang out under their bedroom window and set up a racket to wake
them
up to start the morning's peanut delivery.

In our case it's the Cardinals. They come up to the door and start cheaping
for their peanuts. If you don't respond quickly enough, the male breaks out
into one of his many songs. Even the sparrows have gotten into the act this
year, some days there must be 30 of them sitting in the tree waiting for
their handout. The Jays are few and far between (West Nile), but there is
one who occasionally screams for his peanuts.





kathy :-)
algae primer
http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

Bill Stock wrote:

Thanks Barb, most of our squirrels are Black actually, with a smattering
of Greys.

Black/Grey, it's the same species - Grey Squirrel. Black (and even White)
squirrels are just a color phase.
--
derek