Saturday, November 20, 2021

Squirrels’s Nests

Our neighborhood has lots of squirrels... black, grey and small red ones. Some chipmunks, as well.


I don’t know where the chipmunks live, but the squirrels build nests in the trees around us - which can only be seen when the leaves have fallen from the trees...











Here’s one, in our neighbors’ yard. 

I find it hard to believe that those masses of leaves suspended in below-freezing air keep families of squirrels safe and warm throughout the cold months of winter!











How those things stay up there in windy days is a miracle!

Once squirrels abandon a nest and no longer maintain it - it soon falls apart and blows away in the wind!

I’ve seen that happen, too.

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