Monomad Challenge - Wet Squirrel

This is my entry for the #monomad challenge by @monochromes! You can read more about the contest and how to enter HERE!

I am almost certain that this is the same squirrel that I posted about before. I wrote in that post that the squirrel looked as though she was "clutching pearls". I caught her visiting again except this time it was raining out but she didn't seem to mind the rain much.

I do now think that this is a female squirrel. I wondered then if she could be pregnant or just eating well. Turns out that a short time ago I saw two small squirrels scampering along a wooden fence on a side of the property. I've seen them one other time as well so I hope they are okay. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get a photo of them but that is just how it goes sometimes and I'm just as happy to have only seen them.

I also saw what looked like a young squirrel jumping at the House Sparrows that were eating from the bird feeders. I know that the squirrels don't care for the seed that I put in the feeders so perhaps it was only playing. It all happened very quickly as the squirrel jumped at the birds a couple of times then ran off into the trees. I never thought that squirrels would attack birds but it turns out that I was wrong. I just now looked it up and it turns out that the squirrel going after the birds may have actually been looking to make a meal out of one. I guess I'm gonna have to keep my eyes open to see if that squirrel keeps coming around. I saw, what I believe to have been the momma squirrel, way up in a tree a couple of weeks ago. I'll show you what she was doing up in that tree in an upcoming post though .. and, no, it didn't involve any of the birds! 😉
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