Got Squirrel Shots? (In memorial of Rupert)

Marcus Rowland · 09-22-2018, 08:11 AM

Wire mesh is your friend! Excellent for stopping up those annoying squirrel-sized gaps...

reh321 · 09-22-2018, 08:25 AM

Originally posted by photolady95

When I got sick back in May, my squirrels started coming inside the house. They found a hole in the screen where the exhaust fan was in the kitchen and proceeded to help themselves to my nephews bread. Then they would travel through the house to my bedroom looking for me. I was too sick to get up to feed them. This is why when I came home after my ill fated trip to Jacksonville my brothers said I couldn't feed my squirrels any more.

I said if I fed them they wouldn't do that, and they said what if I got sick again they would try again to come in the house, I said not if you feed them. They vetoed that idea. Boy's are brats!! Especially brothers!! LOL

Our area is so verdant right now that when I put some regular sweet corn out {left over from our dinner} the animals just ignored it. I don't know what would have happened if I gave them a regular supply of peanuts .... I won't put anything else out until after the hard freeze in another month or so.

I'm going to a city park this afternoon, where people regularly put food out for ducks, to see if those squirrels are acclimated to people, or whether they're happy with all the food nature provides at this time of year.

photolady95 · 09-22-2018, 09:27 AM

My other problem is, my car is gone now. I have no vehicle of my own and have to depend on others to go any where at least until January. I had to leave my car in Jacksonville when it broke down on the way out and too expensive to have it towed here. So last week I sent the signed title and keys to my granddaughter to have her send off the title to have it put in her name. So she could sell it or junk it which ever she preferred and keep the money from it to help them out a bit. It was costing me too much money to having to get it fixed anyway. This time around I'm looking for a small pickup truck, something on the lines of a Dodge Dakota, or a Fleetside Chevy S-10. I'd prefer the Dodge and I do not like Ford.

reh321 · 09-22-2018, 10:17 AM

Originally posted by photolady95

My other problem is, my car is gone now. I have no vehicle of my own and have to depend on others to go any where at least until January. I had to leave my car in Jacksonville when it broke down on the way out and too expensive to have it towed here. So last week I sent the signed title and keys to my granddaughter to have her send off the title to have it put in her name. So she could sell it or junk it which ever she preferred and keep the money from it to help them out a bit. It was costing me too much money to having to get it fixed anyway. This time around I'm looking for a small pickup truck, something on the lines of a Dodge Dakota, or a Fleetside Chevy S-10. I'd prefer the Dodge and I do not like Ford.

You've had a really mediocre year.

Maybe the squirrels' intent in getting in was to encourage you ...

You certainly need, and deserve, that.

**blumoon722** · 09-22-2018, 11:32 AM - **2 Likes**

My backyard friends

reh321 · 09-22-2018, 01:27 PM

Originally posted by blumoon722

My backyard friends

Must be friends - look a lot closer than any squirrels allow me to get.

photolady95 · 09-22-2018, 05:51 PM

Every evening we, my brother and nephew and I sit out on our carport and talk and enjoy the breeze. I heard a crash and looked up, one of my squirrel friends had chewed through a palm frond and dropped it on the drive way. I think he was trying to tell me something. "Peanuts, or the next one falls on your head." LOL

reh321 · 09-27-2018, 06:42 AM

During my walk a couple of days ago I saw at least a dozen squirrels {usually I see one or two in the distance}; in a few cases, I was even able to get close enough to photograph them - they must be really busy in their jobs of planting oak trees. This must be their "tax season" {what my wife, the daughter of a CPA, calls the season when all members of a profession are busy at the same time}.

normhead · 09-27-2018, 02:55 PM

From today.

**ffking** · 09-27-2018, 03:00 PM

Does this count?

normhead · 09-27-2018, 05:26 PM

Originally posted by ffking

Does this count?

Amazing detail on that tail fur.

**ffking** · 09-27-2018, 11:32 PM

Originally posted by normhead

Amazing detail on that tail fur.

I guess that's a yes

reh321 · 09-28-2018, 05:11 PM

Originally posted by ffking

Does this count?

That is the other half of a body not covered by a portrait {and for a squirrel, the most attractive part is the tail}

**ivanvernon** · 09-28-2018, 10:20 PM

Wildlife from our garden that I like to think Rupert would have enjoyed observing and catching with his camera.

KIT: 645Z with FA120mm

photolady95 · 09-29-2018, 02:38 AM

Looky what I found in the backyard yesterday.

He scampered away right after this:

09-27-2018, 06:42 AM	#2228
reh321 Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: South Bend, IN, USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 23,175	During my walk a couple of days ago I saw at least a dozen squirrels {usually I see one or two in the distance}; in a few cases, I was even able to get close enough to photograph them - they must be really busy in their jobs of planting oak trees. This must be their "tax season" {what my wife, the daughter of a CPA, calls the season when all members of a profession are busy at the same time}. Attached Images

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09-22-2018, 08:11 AM	#2221
Marcus Rowland Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: London Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,079	Wire mesh is your friend! Excellent for stopping up those annoying squirrel-sized gaps...

09-22-2018, 08:25 AM	#2222
reh321 Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: South Bend, IN, USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 23,175	Originally posted by photolady95 When I got sick back in May, my squirrels started coming inside the house. They found a hole in the screen where the exhaust fan was in the kitchen and proceeded to help themselves to my nephews bread. Then they would travel through the house to my bedroom looking for me. I was too sick to get up to feed them. This is why when I came home after my ill fated trip to Jacksonville my brothers said I couldn't feed my squirrels any more. I said if I fed them they wouldn't do that, and they said what if I got sick again they would try again to come in the house, I said not if you feed them. They vetoed that idea. Boy's are brats!! Especially brothers!! LOL Our area is so verdant right now that when I put some regular sweet corn out {left over from our dinner} the animals just ignored it. I don't know what would have happened if I gave them a regular supply of peanuts .... I won't put anything else out until after the hard freeze in another month or so. I'm going to a city park this afternoon, where people regularly put food out for ducks, to see if those squirrels are acclimated to people, or whether they're happy with all the food nature provides at this time of year.

09-22-2018, 09:27 AM	#2223
photolady95 Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: May 2009 Location: Cruising the forum watching his back Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,712	My other problem is, my car is gone now. I have no vehicle of my own and have to depend on others to go any where at least until January. I had to leave my car in Jacksonville when it broke down on the way out and too expensive to have it towed here. So last week I sent the signed title and keys to my granddaughter to have her send off the title to have it put in her name. So she could sell it or junk it which ever she preferred and keep the money from it to help them out a bit. It was costing me too much money to having to get it fixed anyway. This time around I'm looking for a small pickup truck, something on the lines of a Dodge Dakota, or a Fleetside Chevy S-10. I'd prefer the Dodge and I do not like Ford.

09-22-2018, 10:17 AM	#2224
reh321 Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: South Bend, IN, USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 23,175	Originally posted by photolady95 My other problem is, my car is gone now. I have no vehicle of my own and have to depend on others to go any where at least until January. I had to leave my car in Jacksonville when it broke down on the way out and too expensive to have it towed here. So last week I sent the signed title and keys to my granddaughter to have her send off the title to have it put in her name. So she could sell it or junk it which ever she preferred and keep the money from it to help them out a bit. It was costing me too much money to having to get it fixed anyway. This time around I'm looking for a small pickup truck, something on the lines of a Dodge Dakota, or a Fleetside Chevy S-10. I'd prefer the Dodge and I do not like Ford. You've had a really mediocre year. Maybe the squirrels' intent in getting in was to encourage you ... You certainly need, and deserve, that.

09-22-2018, 01:27 PM	#2226
reh321 Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: South Bend, IN, USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 23,175	Originally posted by blumoon722 My backyard friends Must be friends - look a lot closer than any squirrels allow me to get.

09-22-2018, 05:51 PM	#2227
photolady95 Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: May 2009 Location: Cruising the forum watching his back Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,712	Every evening we, my brother and nephew and I sit out on our carport and talk and enjoy the breeze. I heard a crash and looked up, one of my squirrel friends had chewed through a palm frond and dropped it on the drive way. I think he was trying to tell me something. "Peanuts, or the next one falls on your head." LOL

09-27-2018, 02:55 PM	#2229
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,450	From today.

09-27-2018, 03:00 PM	#2230
ffking Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Old South Wales Posts: 6,038	Does this count?

09-27-2018, 05:26 PM	#2231
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,450	Originally posted by ffking Does this count? Amazing detail on that tail fur.

09-27-2018, 11:32 PM	#2232
ffking Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Old South Wales Posts: 6,038	Originally posted by normhead Amazing detail on that tail fur. I guess that's a yes

09-28-2018, 05:11 PM	#2233
reh321 Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: South Bend, IN, USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 23,175	Originally posted by ffking Does this count? That is the other half of a body not covered by a portrait {and for a squirrel, the most attractive part is the tail}

09-29-2018, 02:38 AM	#2235
photolady95 Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: May 2009 Location: Cruising the forum watching his back Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,712	Looky what I found in the backyard yesterday. He scampered away right after this:

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