Sometimes while doing some sort of house work or gardening or walking the dog, or what ever, I have a thought about what I can say for a Random Thought on my blog. But by the time I can find time to open the computer I have forgot what that Random Thought for the day was.
So where did that Random Thought go to???????
We have seen a few of the normal gray tree squirrels since we lived here but not as many as expected. In the past week we have had a pair of young squirrels discover we have sunflower seeds in a pan on the porch for the birds that don't like to use the hanging feeders. The chipmunks that live under the porch have been coming to the pan each summer and even some in the winter. We can tell they are some that were born this spring as they aren't as big as the other squirrels and I don't think their tails are as fluffy as the other squirrels are. They have taken over the pan feeder. They will chase off the doves and chipmunks when they try to get seeds when the squirrels are their. We may have made a mistake by letting them eat here. Last year a big squirrel discovered that it could chew through the plastic hanger for the hanging feeders in the tree. Then it would come down the tree and get the sunflower seeds by rolling the feeder on the ground. A couple of raccoons did the same thing. Hubby redid the hangers with heavy wire that the squirrel can't chew through. So far the little ones are just feeding on the ground. They love the sunflower seeds and the chucks of apple cores I put out for the birds. Might try a slice of orange tomorrow. I remember the rock squirrels in New Mexico loved the orange peal. The chipmunks eat the pulp but not the peal of the oranges.
He went that-a-way.
