December 1: Squirrel's nests

[neverspent]

It's December, can you believe it? I'll have to start tagging things "winter" soon.

I mentioned it's easier to see things in the trees now. Today I noticed... squirrels' nests!


You can see the sweet gum balls and, in the lower branches, the squirrel's nest

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[neverspent]

I'm not sure I would have either! When I was very young I pictured them sleeping in holes in trees, like in the cartoons. But I remember when I was about 8, my dad would point out squirrel's nests to me in the woods, and after that I looked for them. :)

Fun fact: gray squirrels' nests are called dreys. (I learned that from Wikipedia, not my dad. *g*)

[shinsetsu]

I'm glad you liked the clouds article.

When I was blogging with the Russians, I joined a community devoted to the Russian squirrel. It is called Belko. Not every post is completely on topic, but most everything pertains to squirrels in some way, and there are many lovely things there if you look through it. :)

http://lj.rossia.org/community/belko/

[neverspent]

Oh man, that is awesome. EAR FLUFF!

I will have a look, thank you!