Met this little guy the other morning, munching on the birdfeeders. The photo is taken with the camera in the job phone, and it is truly awful. It´s a good thing I got so close to him, less than two meters. I often see hares as well, but they keep their distance.
the only squirrels i ever see around here are the gray squirrel. i know there are flying squirrels in west tennessee, but i never see them here. is this a red squirrel? i used to see them in pictures in some of our children's books. love those ears!
ReplyDeleteHm, good question. I did think this squirrel was a bit greyer than they normally are (though not as grey as the wicked creatures you see in London´s Hyde Park), and checked on Wikipedia. I stumbled upon an old word that I knew from history, gråverk, (= grey stuff is the best I can do for a straight translation), and that is squirrel fur that used to be sold from the north of Sweden during the middle ages, very popular to line ones coat with. Turns out, our red sqirrel has grey winterfur, just like the hare changes from brown to white in winter. I wasn´t aware of that, since I don´t usually see them much in winter - or at all, as they are rather shy. And so cute, aren´t they?
DeleteHe is so cute and fat! The Indian palm squirrels are tiny. I've always wondered if they're called that because they could fit in your palm, but I doubt it...!
ReplyDeleteI had to google your palm squirrel, so cute! I´m not sure our squirrels are fat, certainly not after the winter, but their fur is thick to keep them warm when the temperatures are below zero. I see a hare most mornings, and it is shedding a little bit of the white fur every day, turning summer brown.
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