Out in the Wild

March 13, 2011 | Filed Under New York City Wildlife, Parks, Riverside Park, Squirrels | 11 Comments 

Okay.  Maybe not so wild but out in the park.

Paz



Wordless Wednesday

December 8, 2010 | Filed Under Photo Blogging Theme Day, Squirrels, Wordless Wednesday | 17 Comments 



Squirrels

December 1, 2010 | Filed Under New York City Wildlife, Squirrels | 16 Comments 

This squirrel was very careful of me.   She watched from the tree, ready to run back up as fast as possible.  Later, she decided I was a good person and when she noticed my camera in hand, stopped to pose for me.  Okay, no she didn’t do that.   I bribed her with some shelled peanuts, a trick I learned from Abraham Lincoln.   Now, all the squirrels are my buddies.   Thanks, Abraham.  ;-)

 

Paz

Ed. Note:  Thanks, Magical Mystical Teacher for the Squirrely Song!   ;-)

 

A SQUIRRELY SONG

 

Look at me! O look at me!

I am bribe-able, you see!

I will stop and pose for you;

All it takes is one or two

Peanuts from your outstretched hand

(Salty, please, I hate them bland),

And I’ll preen before your eyes.

Don’t you think I’m very wise

To demand a bribe from you,

So that you can get a view,

And snap photos for your blog?

O protect me from that dog

Bounding toward me through the park!

Beasts like him think it’s a lark

To scare little guys like me—

Here I go, back up my tree!

 

© 2010 by Magical Mystical Teacher

 

 

 



Another Squirrel Nest

November 14, 2009 | Filed Under Autumn/Fall, New York City Wildlife, Squirrels, Trees | 4 Comments 

There are a lot of trees in the city that are still full of leaves and are still changing colors.   Here’s one of the few trees I’ve seen that has lost all its leaves.  Right on the top is a squirrel nest, like the one that I mentioned about in the post below. 

 

Paz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Home Sweet Home

November 12, 2009 | Filed Under New York City Wildlife, Squirrels | 10 Comments 

At least, for squirrels, this is home.

 

I learned from blogger Abraham Lincoln that because there’s a shortage of old trees with holes in them, many squirrels are forced to spend the winter in summer leaf nests like the one shown in the photo.   Hole nests are better than the leaf nests because ice and snow will not knock it down.  Otherwise, the squirrels will have no place to survive. 

 

What a challenging life for squirrels, especially around winter time.

 

Paz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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