Re: RE: OT-squirels

Hi Chuck,
I have heard of those White squirrels. That would be interesting to see. We get a lot of blackwalnut sprouts around here as well. There are whole groves of trees in some of our wooded areas. I have a grove like this in my back yard. I just try to keep it from getting bigger than it already is. I caught the little male squirrel planting walnuts the other day. He was so cute patting the soil over his new cache. I haven't seen the female for about a week so I am going to guess there will be little squirrels running around pretty soon. They don't usually stay for long.  With the shortage we have had of them and rabbits, they spread out or the owls get them. Then we will be back to two again.

Wendy

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: irischapman@netscape.net 
  To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 7:20 AM
  Subject: [iris-talk] RE: OT-squirels


  There are many varieties of squirels here and they constantly raid the bird feeders but the only garden damage is is the black walnuts that sprout everywhere in the garden and the patches of sunflower seeds that sprout throughout the garden, allthough I suspect the sunflowers are the work of the chipmonks. Cat keeps throwing himself against the glass to try to get the chipmonks, I hear periodic thumps during the day as a result of his frantic efforts.
  We have a couple of very large squirels that make regular visits, one grey and one black. Many smaller (about 1/3 the size) brown and red squirels. About 90 minutes from here is a location that has pure white squirels and we make a point of stopping to watch them every time we go by that area. These are not albino but white with black eyes. I believe this is the only location of these white squirels, the town makes quite a tourist production out of them.
  We just ignore , or just observe the squirels, and pull up the black walnuts (with some efforts) and live with each other. Mind you there is enough room here for everybody to have there own space, including critters. We have given up trying to grow corn as the racoons harvest it two days before it is ripe enough for us. That wouldn't be too bad except that they insist on harvesting it all and taking a couple of bites of each cob. 


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  Chuck Chapman, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Zone 4/5



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