Белочка сломалась/Squirrel broke

I’m thinking it’s a bionic squirrel with a flaky chip causing multiple software crashes and auto-reboots. Or the food offered is coffee beans and he’s going into short duration caffeine high.

However, at about 22 seconds, just before he sits up tall, and freezes. I hear some kind of critter, perhaps recognized as a predator. Small critters that are prey, honored dinner guest, can sit absolutely still for a l-o-n-g time, not even blinking.

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David, these are not coffee beans, these are pine nuts. Cedar grows in Siberia.

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The squirrel is alive. :rofl:

В нашей стране кофе не растëт.

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That’s me in the morning before my first cup of coffee!

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Well, of course not. The comment was meant as a joke. But I forgot to include the :wink:
However, only a few coffee beans could OD a small body.

There are more squirrels than I’ve ever seen before at or vacation house. All summer I’ve 2 to four of them most days. Fat, shiny, and healthy. I missed seeing it three weeks ago, as I was still at home, but my wife was here and for two days she said the oak tree across the road had 8 to 10 squirrels in the tree for two days. From sunup till sunset. Raining down nut shells onto the road. That have left the pavement stained a darker color.

However, several weeks ago I also saw one of our newest migrant invaders only 50 yards south from the house. A porcupine. At least I think that’s what I saw.

I thought at first it was a big, fat, weird colored groundhog. That might have been dead. I watched it for 15 minutes. It never moved or even blinked. When I pickup truck drove by it fell over on its side, and moved a little bit. I thought the next day I would see it laying dead by the road side. But after I moved farther way, it slowly got up onto its feet and wandered off into the brush.

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:rofl: :rofl:

Critters are often entertaining reacting to simple things.

Many of us were also first attracted to the simple set up of tenkara.
Only four things needed: Rod, line, fly, and a stream with fish in it.

Others find joy with only one thing.
Well, actually a large pile of those one things.
The tail tells the tale. :joy:

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The video to help you smile during lockdown.

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