Sunday 10 June 2012

Garden wildlife feeding.............................................. and also causing havoc

I guess everyone knows which little creature is causing mayhem in my garden.

...and stretch!  

 ...now he's spotted the apple feeder...

...which gets the rough treatment and discarded after the apple has been removed. 

 ...he even knows I'm watching...

Look!!... he's even smiling!!

I topped up the fat ball feeders and stayed in the garden watching for a while.

The House Sparrows were glad to be rid of the squirrel...... for now.

Blackbirds usually just fly up and grab what they can... this female must have been watching the sparrows...

...she went back to collecting grubs after a while.

This Woodpigeon must also have been watching the small birds acrobatics. 

"I'm sure I could give it a try"

"If I just hold on tight...

 ...and gently lean forward"

"hey! look at me... there's nothing to it"

"I know... I will be back later on to finish them off"

18 comments:

MadSnapper said...

I love this whole post, i laughed all thew way through the squirrel pics, so funny and i know he is a pest but waht a cutie and the photo's are great. my favorite is the Woodpigeon,enjoyed your whole post.

Arija said...

Your backyard is worth watching a lot more than TV although the Queen's Jubilee had great pomp and circumstance.
Squirrels can be so sneaky.

Hugs . . Arija

Anonymous said...

LoL... Oh you know I love this post!! FYI, he isn't smiling, he"s laughing, cause he knows you can't do anything about his mayhem...good luck! Thanks for making my morning a good one!! ♥

TexWisGirl said...

so darned adorable, the little stinkers! your woodpigeons are so pretty!

Captain Shagrat said...

Can't beat a good squirrel pic, he's looking pretty smug about that apple. Nice series of pics.

Gillena Cox said...

really lovely; the apple feeder is so cute ; i'm tagging you at my blog today in my post Sunday Savvy 29

much love...

Psyche said...

I love your pics and your funny comments - a charming piece of blog work!

holdingmoments said...

Great post Andrew.

The Herald said...

Andrew, I reckon 'your' Squirrel must have gone to the same finishing school as 'mine', they seem to be working from the same script!...lol

Great post...[;o)

laurak/ForestWalkArt :) said...

GREAT pictures!!

haha..those darn little mischievous squirrels! the one that's smiling...is thinking...'go ahead, snap my picture! wait! let me get a mouthful of this yummy apple first'

i love the pigeon...beautiful!

Dina J said...

Great variety of birds you've got. Love those squirrel shots. Never would have thought they would eat apples. I guess they'll eat just about anything.

Marie said...

Sandra from Madsnapper sent me the link to this post. She knew I would love it! I do love the entire post! The adorable squirrel is my favorite! If you get a chance please stop by and take a look at my Mama Mallard post and my Mama Squirrel posts. Hope you're having a great weekend!

Bob Bushell said...

Funny Andrew, I think that the pigeon has got it so right.

Jana said...

I found your blog and it is great. I decided to follow you because of your photography, it is beautiful. I like how your blog has larger pictures and they are just so close up, great job and I look forward to following you and getting to "know" a fellow blogger . Great Blog!!=)

Brian King said...

haha! These are awesome shots, Andrew! Squirrels are squirrels no matter where they are! The pigeon is beautiful! Really nice photos.

The Glebe Blog said...

That's a great set of pictures Andrew, I love squirrels, red or grey, it's just a shame the two aren't compatible. A hybrid wouldn't be a bad idea, I wonder whether any boffin's had a go ?
Canadian squirrels are completely fearless, they'll perform tricks for the camera.

Min fotogen said...

Thank you for funny pic and comments,
they ware realy great !

Susan said...

How funny, and awesome! Really, really awesome!