Hello Nature-Led Friends!
Here’s a quick post “off the cuff” so to speak, without overthinking it, to share this cool experience I had a couple of mornings ago.
My favorite way to start the day is by reading for an hour with a cup of coffee. On this particular morning, I noticed a gray squirrel mom carrying a small fuzzy parcel. I waited to see if she should come by again and sure enough, she had another fuzzy parcel in her mouth. I witnessed this a total of four times. I knew that mother squirrels sometimes carried their young by folding them up into travel-size parcels and I also knew that sometimes they need to transfer to new nests, but this is the first time in all my years that I actually saw it happen!
According to the Squirrel Enthusiast website:
Momma Squirrels will move their babies for the following reasons: Movement is too limited in the drey (nest), there is not enough nearby food resources, lice infestation, too exposed to the elements for colder temperatures, and finally the drey (nest) is otherwise unsafe due to threats from predators, for example.
It’s been pretty hot the last few weeks. The gray squirrels and the Douglas squirrels have worked out an arrangement as to who can drink and sploot (lay flat to cool off) by the birdbath and when.
All pictures by Melanie Reynolds for The Nature-Led Life
What is your favorite way to start the day? Are you looking forward to Fall?
The Nature-led Life 
Too cute!!! I’m glad you had your camera handy!
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Me too!
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Nice post, Melanie. Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you! We’re finally getting cooler weather here again. I hope your neck of the woods is cooling down too.
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Thanks for asking. We’re in the ’90’s now, which is a relief as we’ve been 100-105 most of the summer. What we sorely lack is rain.
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What a treat!
I also start with coffee. I read and write. (K)
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I really need to write more and stop thinking about writing more! Sigh. Reading is just so much easier.
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I’m the opposite these days, I find writing much easier. What I need to do is stop thinking of new art projects and finish the ones I’ve started…
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Matching her bag to her coat – very chic!
And like you, my favourite start to the day is to be sat in front of my PC reading something interesting (NOT the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad news) with a cup of coffee.
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