Squirrel stealing food from the bird feeder

This is my third attempt at writing a post tonight - typepad has "unexpectedly quit" on me twice and both times I was ready to publish. The photo above was taken from my sister's back yard. At the bottom of the garden is a fast flowing stream - the young River Yeo which is responsible for carving out Cheddar Gorge just up the road from my sister's house. I was delighted to see this squirrel although the locals were less than pleased to see him. I believe they are responsible for invading the native red squirrels' habitat and the red squirrel is now an endangered species.

Comments

[Tvindy]

How did non-native squirrels make it to Australia? I have a hard time visualizing them stowing away on boats.

[Jenny]

This photo was taken in England, Tvindy, not Australia. We don't have squirrels here which is why I was so captivated by this one.

[Tvindy]

Oh yes. I guess I wasn't paying as much attention as I should have. If you like to watch squirrels, be sure to check out these videos:

http://www.squirrels.org/t_video.html

[elspeth]

Yep the Red one is an endangered species, the grey is so common over there is classed as a rodent now! Darn Im so jealous I love somerset LOL