He’d become predictable, springing through the patio doors unto the deck, BB gun ablaze whenever any squirrel touched a bird feeder. So this time they waited, massing along the edge of the roof overhanging the deck. When he sprang, hundreds of squirrels pounced, joined even (how ironic!) by the birds.
Tony Jasnowski teaches English at Bellevue University and tries to keep peace between all factions in his backyard and himself.
Yes! Evolution at its finest!
Love it!!!! Totally what I’m feel about that! Thanks!
Obviously, I love squirrels and hate cruelty ‘
Thanks, Mary. I must confess that my sympathies lie more with the birds, but I admire the ingenuity and tenacity of my squirrels.
I have become a huge fan of my backyard squirrel after seeing the alpha male jumping seven feet to reach the bird feeder. I have cut three branches of the cheery tree one by one from where he used to jump.
He figured out that I was spying on him and then cutting his jumping branch. So he would take micro second to climb the tree and jump quickly, lest somebody may figure out his new jumping branch.
He is an alpha male, a risk taker a thinking animal that can plan and execute. No wonder mammals have ruled the earth.