Everything was going great! The day after my candy cane experiment, I spotted Sneaky Squirrel happily snacking on some seed that had fallen onto the railing, but he was soon scurrying away and, surprisingly, he didn't bother the feeders.
We got some snow
but not nearly the pounding that had been predicted.
And it sure is frigid outside, with high's in the low 20's. So, you know those birdies have to be hungry.
And there was lots of feathered friend activity at the feeders this week, which made me happy.
But being of a suspicious nature, I kept peeking out the window for sights of Sneaky, but he seemed to have disappeared….except for some suspicious hopping tracks on the back deck coming close to the sliding glass door.
One thing I did notice, though, was that the candy canes were all gone. And, I do mean ALL gone. No sign of any…... anywhere. I had even tucked some into the one feeder where the weather and wind would not have been an issue. Curious…..don't you think?
I can't help but wonder who was feasting on those.
Could it be possible that Sneaky was having a candy licking party in his nest somewhere? Perhaps he got all sticky and was now a Sneaky Sticky squirrel! There wasn't even any sign of him attempting to get some sustenance from the Squirrel post mounted in the corner.
My son was curious as to how I came up with the candy cane idea.
I told him that I had read it on a blog.
It worked for the writer.
It was cheap.
It really couldn't hurt anything.
I could eat the left-over candy canes.
Don't these all seem like logical reasons to give it a try?
He and my grandson came up with the idea that the Squirrel probably wrote the blog. Great way to get some candy canes and play with a Slinky.
Aren't they funny?
It's been 4 days without a candy cane in sight, and no squirrels to be seen at the feeders.
And then, today, you know it had to happen.
There he was, happily feasting away.
That scared him……..NOT!
Obviously, the squirrel knew that I was inside and he was outside.
He turned and looked at me, giving me a Sassy look, which I did not waste time photographing.
I popped on my boots, and headed out the back door.
Do you know that I was nearly at the feeder before that squirrel realized that I meant business? He was munching away, ignoring me, until he looked up and saw my not-so-happy face, and jumped off happily hopping along the snow to the back of the yard.
In the meantime, I've loaded the feeder up with more candy canes.
Will it work? Well, he never returned today.
Perhaps he's writing his blog on how to sucker humans into handing over free candy canes.
We'll just have to wait and see, won't we?
And you've got to admit.....he certainly is cute.
We got some snow
but not nearly the pounding that had been predicted.
And it sure is frigid outside, with high's in the low 20's. So, you know those birdies have to be hungry.
But being of a suspicious nature, I kept peeking out the window for sights of Sneaky, but he seemed to have disappeared….except for some suspicious hopping tracks on the back deck coming close to the sliding glass door.
One thing I did notice, though, was that the candy canes were all gone. And, I do mean ALL gone. No sign of any…... anywhere. I had even tucked some into the one feeder where the weather and wind would not have been an issue. Curious…..don't you think?
I can't help but wonder who was feasting on those.
Could it be possible that Sneaky was having a candy licking party in his nest somewhere? Perhaps he got all sticky and was now a Sneaky Sticky squirrel! There wasn't even any sign of him attempting to get some sustenance from the Squirrel post mounted in the corner.
My son was curious as to how I came up with the candy cane idea.
I told him that I had read it on a blog.
It worked for the writer.
It was cheap.
It really couldn't hurt anything.
I could eat the left-over candy canes.
Don't these all seem like logical reasons to give it a try?
He and my grandson came up with the idea that the Squirrel probably wrote the blog. Great way to get some candy canes and play with a Slinky.
Aren't they funny?
It's been 4 days without a candy cane in sight, and no squirrels to be seen at the feeders.
And then, today, you know it had to happen.
There he was, happily feasting away.
I pounded on the window.
Obviously, the squirrel knew that I was inside and he was outside.
He turned and looked at me, giving me a Sassy look, which I did not waste time photographing.
I popped on my boots, and headed out the back door.
Do you know that I was nearly at the feeder before that squirrel realized that I meant business? He was munching away, ignoring me, until he looked up and saw my not-so-happy face, and jumped off happily hopping along the snow to the back of the yard.
In the meantime, I've loaded the feeder up with more candy canes.
Will it work? Well, he never returned today.
Perhaps he's writing his blog on how to sucker humans into handing over free candy canes.
We'll just have to wait and see, won't we?
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