I think this is my fave squirrel pic...looks like this little guy is thinking while he's nibbling. :)

OKay, this one is pretty high on the cute factor! Did you know that Beatrix Potter loved squirrels too? She was especially fond of the tufted variety. I may have to do a painting of one of these guys.

All of these squirrels are from Russia. I will need to find some cute pics of some from around PA.

Monday Alex!

Gud Monday, Gud September, an gud Labor day, woteber dat bese. Wese hope youse all bese well dis day.

So here wese bese wif are September gests. Mese an Izzy bofe be lukkin down on dose tree fotos onaconna dey bese KATS! Wese hab to make shur dey dono wanna eat us. Dese bese day kat ub are Anti Lisa R. Dey bese bary pretty kats an one ob dem kin reed!

Der names bese Baxter, Jynx hoo reeds, an Max. So pweeze gib a hand fer are September gests. Deys bese in are gest box fer awile. Mese tink dey mite be hungry. Dat Y wese lukkin down.

Squirl an kat kin bese fwens inside but outside dey wanna eat us.
SmartAlex, September 5, 2011

Mese gonna BITE dem.



Izzy Bites, September 5, 2011

News ob de week

Are Anti Brenda from Canada hab her birfday on Sept 2
Sara Doggie hab her barkday on Sept 1
Are anti Laura hab her birfday but wese ferget witch day
Heidi Holly Rose, mese dog, hab her dopshun day on Tursday dis week.
Anti Diane, Maggie's mom hab her birfday on Sept 10.

Wese ax fer tauts fer are Anti Marta fer her back, an Anti Lori fer her back. An fer all dose baby squirl dat were orfan in da hurrcane dat lots ob mese antis bese takin car ob an feedin round da clock. Wese also ax fer tauts fer dose dat are in floods onaconna der bese so many.

An spechul tauts fer Anti Kay.

End ob de news.

So der wese bese. Wese bak after one week ob forced bakashun. Wese hope wese dono miss anyone onaconna mom kinda bese an airhead wite now. All her tink about bese food shows. Dat onaconna her canna eat and must plan her meals aroun dat ole diebeets. Her dono eben et her sugarfwee wafrs anymo.

Otay den wese sees youse next week an mebbe we will hab sum adbenchurs dis week. Izzy bin in dat weel so much dat mese tink he mite hab mobed us to China.

Lub,
Monday Alex Trix
Izzy von Chipmunk
Baxter, Jynx, an Max Ryman-Kats

Squirrel of a different color

Thought this was interesting about different colors of squirrels as well as why counting squirrel populations are of importance.

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

Welcome

This is the new Campus Squirrel Report! You may remember Jon's original site. We are now starting up again. Hope you will share some of your sitings from your school(s)! Stay tuned for more updates as we work on sharing the Squirrel news throughout the world's campus's. :)