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Thanks GER...My husband should be thrilled...
"When you don't know what you are talking about, it's hard to know when you are finished."
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Someone doesn't want squirrels? Come on, they can be so much fun! They meet me at the car when I get home from work, they're waiting outside my front door when I leave... Wait, maybe it isn't a good thing...
Good things come to those who wait....
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Good things come to those who wait....
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And I would've gotten away with it, if it weren't for my meddling kids... Did you see what he did to my pumpkin?
Good things come to those who wait....
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They ate the crap out of Bob Marley and Jimi Hendrix, as carved in pumpkins by my son. Rotten little rodents!
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squirrels will actually get intoxicated from eating ripened pumpkins. i've seen it many times when we leave pumpkins out. it's pretty funny to watch. one year a squirrel literally kept falling over he was so over-served.
i'm guessing that's what's going on in what'snext's photo.
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And they also love Halloween candy!  |
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hey, ge58, remember when there were tons of flying squirrels in our neighborhood? back in the 60s we had them all over. that was pre-dutch elm disease.
anyway, my neighbor found a baby flying squirrel in her yard this summer and took it to willowbrook. i've yet to see an adult in the neighborhood (or town for that matter). . . or any gliding through the trees. have you?
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quote: Originally posted by t.a. superette:
hey, ge58, remember when there were tons of flying squirrels in our neighborhood? back in the 60s we had them all over. that was pre-dutch elm disease.
anyway, my neighbor found a baby flying squirrel in her yard this summer and took it to willowbrook. i've yet to see an adult in the neighborhood (or town for that matter). . . or any gliding through the trees. have you?
I remember dark brown bats. Had them up in the old willow tree. I don't remember the flying squirrels. Sorry. |
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quote: Originally posted by t.a. superette:
squirrels will actually get intoxicated from eating ripened pumpkins. i've seen it many times when we leave pumpkins out. it's pretty funny to watch. one year a squirrel literally kept falling over he was so over-served.
i'm guessing that's what's going on in what'snext's photo.
Yes, it's absolutley true!
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| Posts: 3239 | Location: Glen Ellyn, IL | Registered: April 04, 2003 |  |
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quote: Originally posted by GESince1958:
I remember dark brown bats. Had them up in the old willow tree. I don't remember the flying squirrels. Sorry.
It's possible they were wiped out in this town after moving into the wrong attic and being mistaken for the common grey squirrel. It may also be that they were drowned by the dozens by some GE version of Carl Spackler as "Apparently, the only sound it utters is a faint squeak." quote: Nature Bulletin No. 176-A
Forest Preserve District of Cook County
****:FLYING SQUIRRELS
Few people ever see a Flying Squirrel, although they are widely
distributed throughout the wooded areas of the northern hemisphere
and numerous in many localities. Unlike other squirrels, they sleep all
day in their dens, coming out at dusk to feed and play during the night
-- less in winter than in summer. They spend more time in the trees
and less on the ground than any other squirrel. Most distinctive, of
course, is their ability to glide thru the air.
Like all tree dwellers, it has hand-like feet with
long flexible toes and sharp strong claws. Apparently, the only sound
it utters is a faint squeak.
Flying squirrels usually live in hollow trees or abandoned woodpecker
holes, but they will build summer nests of leaves, and they
occasionally take over an empty bird house near a residence, or find
their way into an attic where they become a nuisance because, after
dark, a flying squirrel becomes a frolicsome bundle of energy. In
winter, 20 or 30 may band together in a single den. Returning to his
cabin in spring, one forest ranger found the chimney plugged with
leaves and shredded bark, another nest in the stove, and four nests in
his mattress.
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quote: Originally posted by Amy: Yes, it's absolutley true!
lol. we've not seen them that frisky when they get drunk on our pumpkins. they're more the boozy, falling over drunk. kind of leaning on stuff, then trying to sit up on their back legs only to fall over again. it's hilarious. happens every year. |
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