January 16: Busy squirrel

[neverspent]

While I was out walking, I heard a scrabbling noise above me and looked up to see a squirrel in an oak tree. It was right on the end of a narrow branch and I was curious to see if it was about to fall. But soon it righted itself and bounded up toward the center of the tree, holding a twig with two brown leaves in its mouth; I guess that's what it had been struggling with. It made its way along the network of branches in the oak tree and then hopped to the pine that was next door, still carrying the leafy twig. By now, I knew what to look for, and sure enough, up in a fork in the top of the pine's trunk a clump of oak leaves was visible. It was conspicuous (being made of oak leaves) if you were looking, but you'd be unlikely to notice it if you weren't: the squirrel's drey.

It's nearing early pupping season for some squirrels, so I suppose they're getting their homes together for that.

Comments

[donutsweeper]

The oak leaves were obviously hiding the chocolate

[neverspent]

And possibly the powdered donut holes!