Tuesday 22 February 2011

Botanic Gardens, Fauna - a surfeit of squirrels

The squirrels were out in force on Saturday - I always enjoy watching them, and this time there was no C to tell me that they're just rodents. I have to admit that certainly in the photo of the one sitting up a tree, he's very rodent-like. I think it's because his tail isn't bushed up at all.
I was visiting a friend today, and her daughter gave me one of her gerbils to hold; she was so warm. I'd forgotten that, it's years and years since we had pets of that ilk. The sharp smell certainly brought back memories of our childhood guinea-pigs.




Whatever he was digging for, he was pretty to dig quite deep and quite persistently. I was sorry that, yet again, I had forgotten to bring any nuts, as I guess he was looking for food. Not that he looks thin or in any way starved after the hard winter!



2 comments:

Lorraine said...

I'm afraid we have a surfeit of squirrels right in our backyard and they raid the bird feeders regularly. They are fun to watch sometimes though.

Charlene Merrick (LilLuvsStampin) said...

What fun pictures of this busy little fella! I meant to ask you, too, what are those pretty flowers in your blog header? I love them!