The season is turning, more evidence than just the shorter days is all around. The resident pine squirrel is showing off just how she got the name. She is harvesting green cones from the ponderosa pines in our yard and packing them off to her midden somewhere to the south of us.She was on the dead run when I caught her picture. Down the tree, on to the neighbor's board fence heading east, quick turn on to the chain link heading south and off she goes.
She does stop for a snack occasionally, there is a spot under the biggest pine that is littered with the scales from the cones and the empty cores. She has a quick drink from the birdbath and off she goes again. I discovered on Monday morning that she is not only having a snack and a drink, but she has part of her stash tucked under the edge of the birdbath and surrounding rocks.
She also has the top of my pot of ivy geraniums crammed full of cones!
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Too cute! I saw a fresh-looking scattering of pine scales at Legion Lake recently, almost shared my pic of it but didn't! The squirrels are definitely busy gathering for winter.
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