Saturday 23 November 2013

My garden vandal...................................................... destroyer of bird feeders

Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) the bane of my life... 

... I know they look cute but they have cost me a small fortune over the years.

26 comments:

MadSnapper said...

love the header and the vandal

Cezar and Léia said...

LOL
Yes he is really cute!

Happy weekend dear friend!
hugs from Léia and purrs from little LUNA

Brian King said...

haha! Cute, but very intelligent and relentless. Some would say they are of the devil. :-)

eileeninmd said...

They are cute vandals! They seem to eat more of my bird food than the birds eat. Great shot, have a happy weekend!

John @ Beans and I on the Loose said...

Grey Squirrel (Serious Destructivisis)

Our photos said...

Beautiful photo of the squirrel, Andrew!

TexWisGirl said...

scamper rats! :)

Kay L. Davies said...

This one actually looks guilty.
K

Amazing wonders in my life said...

Awesome click

ADRIAN said...

Great new header Andrew. They are costly entertainers.

Margaret Birding For Pleasure said...

HI Andew I think this one looks grumpty!

Bob Bushell said...

I love them Andrew, ha ha.

David M. Gascoigne, said...

It's a constant battle for sure and they usually win! Even though I try to thwart the little buggers, I confess to having a grudging respect for them. Now I have taken to providing corn cobs for them and that keeps them away from the bird feeders somewhat.

Stephanie said...

They are cute but understand the mess they create.

Liz said...

He's gorgeous... Even if he is a destructer!

The Herald said...

Ahhh! Innocence personified?...[;o)

FOREST SNAPPER said...

your header is a great picture. the tree rat realy stands out against that background.



peter

Karen said...

I love him! I just baffle my poles, never have a problem!

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

Yup! I remember my oldest grandson watching my bird feeders with me (about 3 or so) and he said 'grandma, that's not a squirrel, that's a pig'. I had to agree as he had just cleaned out a whole sunflower feeder.

LONDONLULU said...

Great capture, but they are real dustbins (and also sadly a bit of invasive species there, from what I understand...)

Anonymous said...

Oh yes --- very cute!

HARLEQUIN said...

gorgeous! Have a great day!

Unknown said...

I love your header! I have to say your vandal is cute, but they can be a pain in the...

SquirrelQueen said...

He is a cute little guy even if he is a vandal. We have Fox squirrels here and they are pretty good in comparison but they love to tease my cats.

sunshine said...

Beautiful photo, he is just a theft of food. By our law means this: inculpable. However, I have also some problems with cute animals eating my new planted trees; sometimes it's no fun.

Anonymous said...

I still have to just love them! Great capture.