Squirrels

A young squirrel has been visiting our backyard. I normally buy a bag of unsalted peanuts-in-the-shell and throw them to the squirrels and jays during the winter. The other day I bought a squirrel food-log (for lack of a better name) and hung it on a low tree branch off the back porch where I could watch him go at it. He seems to have gotten the hang of it. But I will feel very bad if a cat gets him so I will probably move the food somewhere he can safely climb off the ground. In the meantime, it makes for some fun squirrel photos: