The Pumpkin - Summer Update, post #25!

[Cinder & Smoke]

Squirrels totally freak me out ...

I was completely surrounded by about 30+ squirrels!

... black, beady eyes, and those little fingers ...

I screamed, threw the bag of peanuts down on the ground, and ran out of God's Acre ...
These suckers were huge, and I swore they were going to swarm and attack me for the peanuts ...

OMG!

And WE'RE supposed to be the Superior Creatures on the Planet?

[pitc9]

OMG!

And WE'RE supposed to be the Superior Creatures on the Planet?

LOL! True! But that was a funny story! I did something like that once at the beach with chips and seagulls!

Karen, those pictures are too cute! She sure looks like she's ready for winter with all that extra insulation!
As for Shirley...I think she just doesn't over indulge like Squirrell does!

[Cincy'sMom]

Cute pictures!!!


Squirrels can get quite demanding when they are used to a food source. At my old job, we use to put out sunflower seeds for teh Squireels. We'd make several piles so each squirrel could have their own, as when we lumped them all together there seeme to be squibbles between them. We had names for several of them, and honestly could tell most fo the group a part. They got used to us and knew where the food was coming from, so in the morning, they would be waiting. The front fo thebuilding has big glass windowns, and I kid you not, they would KNOCK ON THE WINDOW looking for a second helping!

[Ginger's Mom]

I think Shirley has a little squirrel gym in another part of the yard.

[lizbud]

A cute idea for the lucky squirrels. I dare not tempt the ones around
my yard though. Maggie would go crazy & it wouldn't be fair to the little
critters.

[jennielynn1970]

LOL! True! But that was a funny story! I did something like that once at the beach with chips and seagulls!

Now that you mention it, I'm like that with those big geese we have in the parks. They have the white bands around their necks... not sure what they are called. They freak me out too, lol. They are just so brazen, and have no fear of humans what so ever, and almost demand what ever it is that you have. I loved Fairmount Park in Phila., but those suckers were everywhere!

[Karen]

They are Canada geese! The ones at the "duck feeding area" near here can be kinda obnoxious, if you let them. I had one even nip my fingers taking bread from me!

Squirrell has made much more progress on the pumpkin, but I didn't catch her at it today. I'll try for another picture tomorrow, if the weather isn't too awful for her to be out nibbling!

[IRescue452]

I didn't even know squirrels ate pumpkins. And we have a good two dozen pumpkins around the yard every year. I guess we'd better stop feeding them seeds and nuts and see if they go for pumpkin.

Canadian geese scare me. If you've ever watched a herd, they act just like small raptors. They fight and bite and hiss. My mom doesn't mind getting surrounded by a few hundred when we go to the bird sanctuary, but I run. I've seen the results of goose bites. They take chunks out. And I've had the joys of being chased by an angry goose when I got too close to his family. He flew at me like a bat out of hell. I'm waiting for them to go extinct.

[jennielynn1970]

Canadian geese scare me. If you've ever watched a herd, they act just like small raptors. They fight and bite and hiss. My mom doesn't mind getting surrounded by a few hundred when we go to the bird sanctuary, but I run. I've seen the results of goose bites. They take chunks out. And I've had the joys of being chased by an angry goose when I got too close to his family. He flew at me like a bat out of hell. I'm waiting for them to go extinct.

Glad I'm not the only one who feels this way!! I know I'm weird, but sometimes I'm just not sure how weird. Now I'm feeling more normal, lol.

I still can't walk down the back road at my mom and dad's place without diverting to the middle of the road for about 1/2 mile. I had a groundhog run out of the brush on the side of the road, snarling and foaming at the mouth, and she chased my butt so far down that road! I never thought I would see a groundhog run so damn fast! My dad said she was probably protecting babies. I said she was rabid. The ones in our parks down here just lay in the grass and sun themselves and look cute. The one I had chase me was nothing even close to cute. Whoever said growing up on a farm was such fun and you learned so much.... they needed to grow up on our farm! Dealing with all the critters and creepy crawlies and stuff, all it did was make me appreciate city living.

[Logan]

I was just wondering what I was going to do with my pumpkin. Hate to throw it away since it still looks good. I think I've just found my answer thanks to Karen and Sara! Do I need to start a hole in it or will they just tear into it by themselves?