Campus Squirrel Reports & Russian Squirrels

We're going through our older emails and planning on sharing the latest on the Campus Squirrel Report. If you are in college, have been to college, work at college or visit one, get ready to report your findings. We want to know about the squirrels in your hometown. If you want to share your squirrel findings, outside of college life, we would love to hear about this too. We are very pro squirrel here!

Here is a lovely glimpse of some Russian Squirrels shared by Merimel:

He also has gotten birds to sit on his hand, others have said that, pretty soon "bears will come down the trees to check it out":)


This man has been feeding this squirrel for a few months, now she comes down and sits on his hand when eating.

Monday News from Sue and Alex!

Hi, there! I love hearing the news from Alex the Squirrel, Izzy the Chipmunk and his human friend, Sue. Every Monday they share what's happening in their nest to ours. Here's today's message! Enjoy! :)

Gud Monday to are fwens. How bese all mese fwens dis nice day? It bese cool an bweezy outside here but hoo care, wese lib inside a contwoled enviroment. Wese bese spoilt.



Since wese hab no Monday Gest dis mont, wese decided to share wif youse are outside brodder (or sister as da case maybe) Tod da Toad. Hims helped mom to grill on Satday an hims spented da hole day out der wif mom an at de end ob da day hims were wite der on da patio under da door steps. Mom enjoy hims company. Mom always like da wild aminal, eben ifn hims a toad. Her feel speshul wen da wild ones hang around.

Here bese mese lukky hansom Xcept fer da real black eye. Mese eyes were red an mom fix dem but it come out rong so her had to fix it da hard way an mom no longer likes to mess wif da fotos so mese eye luk ugly.

Here bese Izzy wif da glub. Hims always fsinate by dis glub. Mese dono unnderstand.
And den der bese Tod doin wot a toad do. Jest sittin der lukky like a toad.



Mom luk all ober fer hims ystday but hims bese gone. Mebbe hims will com back dis day.

Ifn youse hab to share youse mom, mite as well bese a toad onaconna squirl much cuter dan toad. SmartAlex, August 22, 2011

Hmph, mese bit im. Izzy Bites, Augus 22, 2011

News ob de week

Da bridge got more crowded dis week.
Wese losted Sammi Squirl ob Anti Vicki.
Banner Squirl ob Anti Stacey.
An Rocky poodle from da JJ Gang.
Godspeed are fwens.

Happy Birfday last Monday to Luigi an Storm kats.
Happy Birfday to Unka Robert Dowdy in Heaven.

Mese gotta new bell. First timin mese hab a new bell onaconna da one I like to swing on were USED by da first Alex.

Mom has to stick herself wif insulin afore bed now. Her seems a bit bedder now.

Gud tauts fer all da sikkies out der.

End ob de news.

Yep mom finly got me a new bell. I guess her notice der be no chew tins left on de ole one. Oh an her was at petsmart fer Heidi to get gwoomed.

Mom bin bedder at brekky too. Not makin mese wate all day.

Otay den, wese sees youse next week.

Lub,
Monday Alex Trix
Izzy the Chippy
an da missin Tod da Toad

If you would like to get Sue's Monday Alex Updates, let me know and we can contact her. :)

Is that a touch of Fall in the Air?

We squirrel lovers know Fall is the time of year squirrels are at their busiest. Prepping for their winter stores to survive over the long winter and early spring, squirrels are industrious critters when it comes to food storage. Now is the time to keep them in mind when getting your supplies for that outdoor feeder and thinking of adding to their diet during the winter. We don't want skinny squirrels!

A great way to encourage these furry friends is to plant trees that naturally bear nuts and provide coverage from predators. We're lucky in our neighborhood as I've seen trees with hollow spots for squirrels to nest and gives them a safe place as they grow.

Some people find squirrels to be pests. I pity them. They do not see the beauty a creature that has been able to co-exist with people truly is. Surely, some squirrels will invade people's homes (which is a sure sign there needs to be some house fix up...not the squirrels fault) or they think squirrels are stealing food from birds. Quite the contrary. Squirrels will eat nuts and seeds along side birds...and do well with having a designated place to eat w/lots of variety. Often, people will think of squirrels in less flattering terms. This is unfortunate, and I often find these same people have some intolerance towards our feathered friends. There is not much I can say about these folks...All I do know is, life is full of surprises and often they are found in our own backyards. Need to take a break from the chaos of the world? Gaze up into a tree, watch the sway of branches and if you are lucky, admire the birds and squirrels. That song will last with you and be in you.


A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease.
John Muir