I know my dad will be rolling over in his grave when I say this, but I enjoy watching the squirrels around here. There is one caveat - I don't like them to dig in our pots and flowers - but other than that, they are a lot of fun to watch. A couple of juvenile squirrels caught my eye the other day and I stood and watched them for awhile as they ran up and down and round and round the tree
Ahh, it looks like they are kissing (sorry the quality isn't the greatest, I was shooting through the window and there is a bit of a reflection)
As these two scampered away, another squirrel my eye. It was at the base of the tree and its antics really intrigued me. It seemed to be digging in this crevice in the bark but then it started twisting and turning and actually did a flip or two. I started clicking away and here are some of the best photos that I hope show these antics.
It was fascinating to watch. I'm going to assume it was male and will explain why at the end. He put on this act for a good 5 minutes or so. It's really hard for the pictures to show what he was doing. He was moving so fast sometimes that a lot of the pics were blurry. I should have changed the setting on my camera but thought of it too late. So, as I watched him, I tried to figure out what he was doing, scratching a viscious itch or trying to get rid of fleas - I hope that was not the case. Then, I thought like my brother Tom, why would a squirrel do this? MY explanation is "HE" is leaving his mark. Now I don't know if squirrels if actually do that, but that's my story and I'm sticking to it. Hope you enjoyed the show, thanks for looking.