Écureuil(s) / Squirrel(s)

If you're following the blog on a regular basis, you probably remember how LP and Tache enjoy watching the birds and the squirrel on the deck. JM would feed the birds niger seeds on a regular basis, and the squirrel would come steel some, ok it was a "steeling" we didn't mind. But Grand-papa Norm came over for brunch last weekend, and being the big hearted guy that he is (those who know Norm will know the story to follow is totally a perfect description of his big-hearted style and will have a good laugh), felt bad for the "poor little squirrel who had to fight to open these tinny little seeds". So Norm brought over a HUGE 8kg bag of bigger seeds, sunflower seeds, for the poor squirrel. Yes, pooooor squirrel. Hm-m.

Well, once in a while there would be two squirrels fighting over the food, but there was clearly an alpha-squirrel who watched the deck. There was only one squirrel, but maybe they had different shifts, who knows.

Yesterday, Chris noticed THREE squirrels on the deck. Actually, Tache was the first one to notice as they were yelling at each other... and forgot there was a window between her and the squirrels. Yeah, she's bright, but sometimes she gets way too excited and she turns off her brain and ears.

So that was sorta cute and funny.

But this morning, there are FOUR squirrels on the deck eating the sunflower seeds. Yes. Poor squirrels. (insert more sarcasm here).

Now we have a whole community of squirrels to feed. And Tache is going crazy. I got a good picture of all five of them...