One of the most incongruous sounds in the wilderness (in our humble opinion) is the ratchety-raspy machine-like defense/distress call of an alarmed squirrel. We’re (obviously) having a hard time describing it, but will tell you with certainty that when you are hiking in the woods, you’ll darn well know when you’ve managed to perturb one of these critters.
Of course, the ones we are used to seeing around town would have time to do nothing but rasp themselves silly if they made all that fuss in, say, your local park. Nope, like the ravens and crows we talked about in the previous post, our squirrel neighbors have learned not just to live, but to thrive among us.
They do love our attics, decks, and sheds, and are only too happy to take up residence therein. (You didn’t think they were all out there building nests in trees, did you?)
They are also pretty darn smart when it comes to getting fed. They find bird feeders pretty easy pickings, much to the annoyance of many. No matter what contraptions we invent to keep them off the feeders, they seem to solve the puzzle. Take a look at this video from a British documentary:
Pretty remarkable, huh?
