Easy to tell these two apart!
And hands up if you don't like coriander...
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Cathy
12/7/2015 07:42:18 am
I'm glad you gave a clue there are 2 different squirrels...I didn't pick up on the tail rings at first.
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ChompyChipmunk
12/7/2015 09:03:21 am
Speak of the devil, Cathy. You are so right that squirrels are not always polite and screens are no barrier.
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Freda
13/7/2015 12:43:32 am
They actually broke in? Ours are timid wee things..
Cathy
13/7/2015 06:50:17 am
I can believe the squirrels broke in...I can't believe they left!!
Freda
13/7/2015 12:41:57 am
How entertaining! The red are much smaller, and not so destructive thankfully.
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Freda
13/7/2015 12:45:48 am
We do love to watch them. Isn't it interesting about the coriander?
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I've never seen red squirrels (in person) - those are some very long tails! I have a lot of grey squirrels in the garden around nut time as there are two big hazel trees. They like to sit on my gate wearing their tails as umbrellas if it's raining and there's always a huge pile of hazelnut shells under the gate. They often make sort of screeching noises that don't sound like they would come from a squirrel!
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Freda
13/7/2015 12:48:00 am
We have hazel trees here, but never see nuts - maybe the squirrels get them first. They make a lot of noise when our neighbour's cats are around.
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ChompyChipmunk
12/7/2015 10:23:26 pm
Cilantro/Coriander is like basil. It doesn't keep in the fridge well.
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Freda
13/7/2015 12:50:27 am
Thanks for the good idea there.
Freda
13/7/2015 12:49:37 am
The reds vary from pale ginger to russet to donkey brown but we've not seen one like this before. There are no greys here and great efforts are being made to keep it that way!
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ChompyChipmunk
13/7/2015 01:20:35 am
I hope you can keep the grey squirrels from infiltrating. The greys can be aggressive and the blacks more aggressive still -- they can be very cocky coming right up to people if they smell food and so on. The blacks are a colour variant on the greys that are slowly taking over for various Darwinian reasons.
Grace
12/7/2015 06:27:03 pm
Love the feeders - did you buy them locally? I'm guessing it's peanuts in them. We both like coriander here and always grow it in the vegetable patch. Going to let some go to seed now and bring a bunch indoors.
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Freda
13/7/2015 12:52:36 am
I did buy these locally - I love their simplicity (of course) but the chains sometimes break with the weight of jays and crows and we have to strengthen them with wire. Yes, peanuts in them!
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12/7/2015 11:18:09 pm
How long and strong are those tails, that last picture is amazing!
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Freda
13/7/2015 12:54:22 am
They also have ear tufts that blow in the wind - very cute. I see your two hands up!
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Freda
13/7/2015 06:57:46 am
They do make you smile, don't they!
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