Fat Squirrel comes to the Hood

Ya'all know I live in the back of beyond ,

or as I loving refer to it ,

The Trailerhood .
( actually , my friend's sons named it that and it just stuck , but it fits )

 

I love the wild life we see here.

There is a herd of deer that come into the field across from us every afternoon.

There are hawks and bald eagles and coyotes ,

OK , I don't really like any of those ,

I am not a fan of predatory animals.

But it's the circle of life right ?

*sigh*

 

But... 

I feed a plethora of birds year round .

A variety of Finches , Woodpeckers, nuthatches,

 chickadees, a pair of cardinals and morning doves .

For a short time I can see Baltimore Orioles and in the summer ,

we have Hummingbirds.

 

I have two feeding stations and I go through a LOT of seed !

 

The one animal I have always been surprised we don't have is squirrels.

You would think they would be everywhere.

I mean they live in town ,

why wouldn't they be here ?

 

Then a few weeks ago ,

Fat Squirrel showed up .

This was one of those times I really wish I could take good pictures.

I made Hubs come to the window and watch him with me .

He was literally hanging upside down on my tree

with his front feet on the bird feeder ,

eating !

 

Then he climbed into the tray feeder .

 

 

I am AMAZED at how entertained I am by this squirrel !

I've named him Fat Squirrel cause he is just so puffy !

And I LOVE him !

 

I immediately told Hubs he MUST build me one of those squirrel chairs.

You know , the ones where there is a seat

 and  a screw or nail to put an ear of corn on .

He said he would ,

but believe it or not he kept putting it off.

I really think he was thinking

"here we go again "

first crazy with the birds , now a squirrel .

But bless his heart ,

he never said it .

 

Anyway...

I took matters into my own hands .

 

I found this little chair at the thrift store !

YAH !

He had no choice then .

 

 

Not too pretty ,

but it works .

 

Then I became one of those people I used to make fun of.

The ones that actually go to the farm store

 and buy cobs of corn in a bag !

YIKES !

 

 

 

 

It took me FOR*EV*ER to get a picture of Fat Squirrel in his chair.

 

and not even a good one ...

 

Cause here's the thing .

He doesn't really like the corn .

Funny , huh ?

He would rather eat the sunflower seeds from the bird feeders.

Go figure ....

 

 

He works hard at it too .

 

One day he was eating sunflower seeds off the ground

and Addie said ,

" look Grandma , a chipmunk ! "

Love that !

 

So ,

while most sane people are buying special feeders to keep the squirrels out ,

I'm just buying extra sunflower seeds ...

 

 

 

 

I'm just the crazy bird / squirrel lady of the Trailerhood  :)