Vacation Snaps

So I was on vacation with my friend Siouxie and Dan up in the cold cold north only it wasn't so cold. First night was kind of nippy but after that the weather got better and better and you really start to appreciate the beauty of spring, well, springing into being all around you. lol.

There being only a dodgy radio and no television, animal watching became our main amusement.
The first animals around (other than the birds) were the chipmunks.




Then there were the squirrels. There were the loud fearless and fairly obnoxious red squirrels and the much larger and quieter black squirrels. The red squirrels pretty much had the cabin staked out waiting for food but one black squirrel would sneak up and eat whatever he could get before getting attacked by the red squirrels. Then there was a coup. The black squirrel gathered all his friends and the black squirrel gang invaded. the red squirrels were not amused LOL.



There was one red squirrel who was very very ambitious. I caught a picture of him taking a whole doughnut. He took that doughnut and took it about three branches down from the top of a very high tree and stashed it. It was covered in chocolate so he must have been one very hyperactive squirrel that night LOL.



There were lots and lots and lots of chickadees, funny little things that they are. They have almost no fear of humans and are so fun to watch. One poor little one flew into the cabin window and stunned himself so he sat on the edge of the porch for a good ten minutes before flying away. He let me get sooooo close to him.




And then there were the blue jays, so beautiful but oh so noisy. They are the juvenile delinquents up there honestly lol. They are also incredibly camera shy lol, it took me nearly an hour to get this picture.



There was a fox but he was too quick for me and there were raccoons but really at 4 am I was thinking more about getting to the outhouse than getting a picture LOL