An aerial salute to Squirrel Week 2013

[madinmaryland]

How you react when you see a squirrel depends a lot on how you feel about squirrels in general.

If the squirrel is sitting on a tree stump and turning a nut around in its little paws, you may think it is indescribably cute. If it’s gnawing through your plastic bird feeder to get at the sunflower seeds inside, you may think it’s the bushy-tailed spawn of Satan.

If the sight of a squirrel angers you or elicits no discernible emotion, turn away now, for now begins my annual celebration of the family Sciuridae, of the order Rodentia. Now begins Squirrel Week.

Planet Earth is home to 285 species of squirrel. The chipmunk is a squirrel. So is the groundhog. Around these parts, the most common squirrel is Sciurus carolinensis, the eastern gray squirrel. You may also see the nocturnal Glaucomys volans, the southern flying squirrel.

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[In_The_Wind]

1. I feed the squirrels and chipmunks.

So cute!