It’s a busy, busy time for the squirrels. Fall is here and the hickory trees are dropping nuts at a dizzying pace. They fall out of the trees with a solid, LOUD, thump. I used to think the squirrels were throwing them out of the trees, but that proved to be wrong.
The squirrels are gathering the nuts and running to and fro, looking for places to bury them. I did a little research and it was noted that grey squirrels bury the nuts and red squirrels hoard them above ground. One study showed that grey squirrels only find approx. twenty-six percent of the nuts they bury. The remaining nuts get a chance to become a tree one day!
I have only one concern for the squirrels, I think they should wear helmets while they’re gathering the nuts. Safety first.
It seems to me that the grey squirrels could make out OK by just burying the red squirrels nuts.
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😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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Every spring I find pin oak acorns sprouting in my vegetable raised beds. I guess now I know which squirrels to blame…
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It’s so nice to be able to provide a public service on my blog, lol!
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Squirrels with helmets, maybe you should make some for them. Our red squirrels dry mushrooms on the branches, I have seen some. So cute.
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The only problem would be to ask them to put them on. I didn’t know red squirrels did something like that, fascinating!
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That should say… squirrels, Google bad.😔
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LOLOLOL!
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And how wonderful it is to watch them. Squirts rock!😊😊
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They hae now a lot of work and are very bizzy
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QT!
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I agree, totally agree.
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Oh how cute they would look in little hard-hats. 😅
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Wouldn’t they??
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