The Shed

Squirrels do seem to be one of those creatures which divide opinions - not being a hugely avid gardener, I love having the little sods running around & confusing our cats, but having said that I do understand those who suffer damage from them having a less than high opinion.

$460 dollar fine for feeding one? That's over the top, though... does the park in question have a serious infestation of them?

Mind you - they're just so cute:



Took me a while to get this shot, but worth it I think; how can you tell me this is a photograph of vermin, eh?

Ook at dose cute ickle paws!

Jim Garten wrote: Squirrels do seem to be one of those creatures which divide opinions - not being a hugely avid gardener, I love having the little sods running around & confusing our cats, but having said that I do understand those who suffer damage from them having a less than high opinion. $460 dollar fine for feeding one? That's over the top, though... does the park in question have a serious infestation of them? Mind you - they're just so cute: Took me a while to get this shot, but worth it I think; how can you tell me this is a photograph of vermin, eh? Ook at dose cute ickle paws!

That's a red squirrel.  Have you been to the Isle of Wight recently?

False alarm.

They're weeds growing in my pot.

Raff's been Americanised already, I see. 

By the way, I've put in add requests for yourself and Micky on MySpace.

Hmm.  Those red squirrels are a bit cuter.  

We've got pretty much all grey over here, though I have seen a black squirrel once or twice.

squirrels are very cute, better than the raccoons and skunks that roam our neighborhood, I don't mind them but they get into everything and scare the cats!

  

We had an albino in our garden for one summer, but never saw it again (I guess they stand out to predators a bit too much)

James wrote: That's a red squirrel. Have you been to the Isle of Wight recently?

No - that was taken in St.John's Newfoundland a couple of years back & a bugger of a shot it was to get, too; every time I went to hit the shutter, the little sod moved - took about 15 minutes to eventually get it.

Dean wrote: On a somewhat ironic note the greys themselves are now under threat from black squir'ls, a mutant form of the greys that are stronger, meaner and with a higher sex drive. Looks like the Goth gene is dominant.

Only ever seen a couple of black squirrels, but they are evidently encroaching into north Hertfordshire, so I expect we'll be seeing more of them soon.

progmetalhead wrote: I'm not certain how much truth there is in this but I heard a copper ring is all you need

There's no answer to that

Aaaaanyway...

Us Shedders have lost one of the great pantheon of uber-greys - the doyen of Radio 4's 'just a minute' (not to mention 1970s dog food commercials) died yesterday:



A man for whom the words 'laid back' could have been coined.

Clement Freud RIP

Haha you guys and squirrels. I'm showing my redneck livings prior to moving to London, but one time my dad got so annoyed at the squirrels destroying our bird feeder that he got the shotgun and went after them. And then gave my brother and I permission to kill any with our air rifles. Just squirrels though. That deterred them pretty quick, when we were around at least.

When it comes to vermin we don't really seee too many squirrels, however, rats are a different thing altogether and my god some of them are fekkin huge!