Thursday, January 28, 2010

Squirrels in the Brazilian Pepper bushes 1.27.10

The Brazilian Pepper bushes are a very invasive species but the Robins stop here every year, on their migration, to fill up on them.

I hadn’t seen the big flock lately and was checking the trees for them when I spotted a couple of  squirrels dining on the berries.

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I love to  watch them running around these flimsy little branches. They are such agile little critters.

A few days ago, one was  in the tops of the trees, where the branches appeared  to be bare. Evidently it was  feasting on the tiny new buds. Today there a few new leaves on them. 2 days of ran and the nice warm sunshine has started them leafing out.

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This is a closer look at the branches in the center of the picture.

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Hope we don't get another frost and lose all the nice green leaves.

6 comments:

  1. Too fun. Squirrels do get around in the most amazing places. If I spook any of our squirrels here, they take the most amazing leaps out of the treetop to land in another tree, bush etc. They never fall though.

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  2. As always, love your pictures and videos. What a wonderful yard you have!!

    Have you seen the YouTube of the Squirrel Obstacle Course? It's so funny. Have the sound up for the Mission Impossible music!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWU0bfo-bSY&feature=related

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  3. I'm not sure if my comment posted or not, I had some problems. I just wanted to say how much I enjoy the goings on in your back yard and to let you know about a YouTube video, the Squirrel Obstacle Course. Have your music on for the Mission Impossible theme.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWU0bfo-bSY&feature=related

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  4. Those trees seem to feed a lot of wildlife. Cute video of the squirrels. Helen

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  5. What an entertaining show the squirrels put on for you. They look like kids in a candy store.

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  6. cute! How many squirrel species are there in Florida? Could you post again on 'em? I adore squirrels, used to keep orphan ones for pets as a kid. They make such fussy and consistent pets,you know.

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