Squirrel Crossing
Posted By: MT4eight on 2007-08-01
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I need opinions here. This is the scenario. I absolutely love squirrels. I know a lot of people think they are a nuisance, but they happen to be my favorite backyard animal. I have feeders for them in my front yard so I can see them from my office window. Now I'm not one to cause trouble, but today one of my neighbors almost splatted one of my beloved squirrels on the street right in front of my house as it tried to take its peanuts and cross the road. Mind you, I live on a quiet cul-de-sac street, and there was no reason why this person couldn't have hit the breaks and let the squirrel cross without scaring it and me half to death. What would you all do, would you say something to this neighbor? Or should I just let nature take its course? 
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Put up a Squirrel Crossing sign?
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One way to keep the squirrels from burying their nuts hither and yon is to give them shelled nuts. I notice they will eat those instead of burying them.
Twice a year I announce it's Kamikaze squirrel season. I think it happens once when the babies are new out of the next and they are completely brainless about cars, and the other is when the tree nuts ripen and the squirrels are blind to everything except finding more places to bury their nuts.
If you like chipmunks too, try putting out a feeder for them with rape seeds (white seeds - cannola seeds, I believe). I think chippers are afraid of squirrels, so put it in a different area. Squirrels won't touch the white seeds, so the chippers are safe to eat them.
Crossing the line...
I don't think so. What age should we start teaching our children responsibility? I said she forgot her lunch ONCE...and she never forgot again. (Besides, she eats about 2 bites of it anyway, so it's not like she was starved that day. And she had morning and afternoon snack provided by the school.) I'm a tough mom, but I'm not about to neglect my children's basic needs.
Needing a coat in blizzard type weather...well, here again I'm sure we will differ on opinion. You go from the heated house to heated car, from the heated car to heated school building. (And I'm sure my child would be resouceful enough to find antoher coat/sweater/jacket that she might have around to wear.)
No, I do not forget things. I make lists to make sure I never walk out of the house without something I need. I do not have time to be running back and forth for something I forgot, our family has a very tight schedule and return trips home are not an option. If, for some reason I ever do forget something, I'm sure I'll survive and move on wih my day and life.
Our children are all straight A students (all 3 speak/read at least 3 languages, even the 4 yo.), they two older ones are honor society members, they all belong to competitive atheletic teams, and they are contributing members to our Temple and our community, so I think we have done pretty darn well them.
Eeeek! (crossing my fingers against PG!)
LOL
Thank you Sandy Squirrel (sm)
I'm sorry - I couldn't resist. I just keep picturing a squirrel in a diver's suit posting those! LOL
my squirrel story-sm
I had a squirrel that apparently watched me feed the birds from across the street and without my trying - she became tame. When I would walk outside, she would come from across the street where she lived. I started getting peanuts for her. She would come to my window where I worked and knock. Then she started coming to the door if I wasn't at the window. She would see my car and be waiting for me to pull in. This went on for years - think around 5 or 6. I would miss her for a while sometimes and then when she reappeared, she would have signs that she had had babies. If I was out in the yard talking to someone, she would walk right up. I guess she must have died last year. Never saw her on the street (was somewhat afraid to look). I also have a hawk that comes occasionally but I think he likes birds. Anyway, she was a real character and I miss her. I could, however, do without the chipmunks.
Squirrel arsonists.
This article was in my local paper. Too funny not to share. :-)
Squirrels' stashes sparked small fires
By TRISTAN SCOTT of the Missoulian
Fire investigators are pinning several recent spot fires near Seeley Lake on an unlikely group of arsonists - squirrels.
A man reported the wildfires last Wednesday afternoon outside his home on Montana Highway 83, moments after turning the ignition key on his RV.
Unbeknownst to the driver, a local colony of gray squirrels had been stowing pine cones in the vehicle's exhaust pipe, and the loaded tailpipe began blasting fiery cones across his driveway like a Roman candle, igniting a handful of
small grass fires.
According to the tongue-in-cheek fire report, Incident Commander Scott Meyer responded to the wildland fire with several engines in tow, and later ruled that the squirrels belonged to a paramilitary squirrel organization that has abounded for years in Seeley Lake, called the Pine Cone Liberation Organization (PCLO).
“A lapse in squirrel-oversight intelligence had allowed the PCLO to engage in recon, planning and sabotage without fear of consequence or retribution, in the form of being chased by a broom,” according to the report.
Calling the attack one “which will live in infamy,” Meyer blamed the incident on a well-known local dissident, “Slippy the Squirrel.” A critter notorious for his chirping fits and histrionics, Slippy's resistance efforts had previously been nonviolent in nature, Meyer said.
“After years of being shot at with blow-guns, run over by logging trucks and chased by neighborhood dogs, the squirrels struck back,” the report states. “This had been their Bastille, their Red October, their chance at glory! Suppression efforts were started by all fire engines - the owner of the property upon which the squirrels had made their presence felt let the firefighters use the garden hose to cool off the pine cones. At 15:16, all resources were released from the fire. At that time, Meyer called the fire controlled, contained and dead-out. Slippy the Squirrel, however, remains at large. The PCLO could not be reached for comment.”
I did not say you mentioned squirrel but others did
You said "people from the south will try anything once." That dearie, is total assumption because as a child I was served strawberry shortcake and would not eat as I wanted the strawberries separate, would not eat spaghetti as wanted the meat separate, missed out on other things I now enjoy. You stated we would try anything once. You are just wrong, own up to it.
Cheap squirrel deterrent
To keep squirrels from climbing up the pole to get to your feeder, you can attach a simple slinky to the bottom of the feeder, encircling the pole. The squirrel jumps up, grabs the slinky, and gets lowered to the ground. They can't figure it out. Supposedly it works and keeps on working for years! Fun to watch, too. It would also disturb the birds less than a feeder that spins to detach squirrels, LOL.
We refer to this as Kamikaze squirrel season.
Hope I spelled that right.
dog named Didi, cats names Snowball, Squirrel and Dirt
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