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Originally Posted by 74-911

We have 2 large frog statues in a flower bed that wife decorates each Christmas with a Santa hat. A couple of days ago she noticed one of the hats missing but assumed it had blown off. Next day she looked out and could see a squirrel mugging the frog with the remaining hat so she grabbed the camera and waited to see what would happen. Shortly the squirrel took off with the hat and was gone:



The hat will soon be part of a nest in a nearby tree. It should stand out so we will watch for it.

That's hilarious! You're contributing to the warmth and welfare of a couple of squirrel pups. There are worse things...

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

We have random pecans turn up in the garden, and yard every year. I have no idea where the closest pecan tree is. Likely in some back yard in an neighborhood I don't get into. I have often wondered how big a tree rat's territory really is. We have one tree just on the other side of our fence that has two squirrel nests in it.

Ugh, I used to find pecans in the yard from time to time. The worst was when I'd find them a little late, maybe because they were hidden among other plants. I swear the roots on pecan anchor themselves in the core of the planet. And if you cut them off at the ground, they just keep coming back. It's amazing that the planet isn't overrun with pecan trees based on how hard it was to get rid of pecan sprouts/saplings.