~Amazing Nature Contest~ by annephilbrick

amazingnature · @annephilbrick · Feb 13 '20 (edited)

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~Amazing Nature Contest~

**My entry for the
#amazingnature contest hosted by
@adalger**
**February 2020 - #02**

**~The Eastern Grey Squirrel~**
Many times over and over I have watched Grey Squirrels swiftly climb way high up into the trees tops.
What amazes me the most is when I see them gracefully crossing over on branches and boughs from one tree to another. I have also seen them leap and sometimes great distances.
I love how they make it look so easy and effortless.

![20200211_200448.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmYGEVNYL97egpjd5ephJQByJ83njFCSbcQozBSd8JS5Ye/20200211_200448.jpg)

The Grey's are also very intelligent.
Over the years I have purchased a few different birdfeeders that were designed and claimed to be ***Squirrel Proof***. They were not. I was most skeptical on such claims.

![20200211_200528.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPx6fNbCm9tc3SV1CtR45NNQg3dtw7eqA5LLUhSWE2Rru/20200211_200528.jpg)

They are professional hoarders of food and also thieves.
They will steal food that other squirrels have hoarded and hidden away . Safe to assume they all do it so I'm thinking it all works out somehow.
Burying and hoarding seeds and nuts should also be credited as planting. Squirrels are responsible for new generations of trees.
They are smart.

![20200211_202214.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmckmyfGNyNbAVgkVqS6Hv2VQ6HEmBE5BWpRBcB6mhMioT/20200211_202214.jpg)

Grey Squirrels can smell seeds and nuts beneath a foot of snow.
And there are some squirrels like the one in the above photo that dosen't have to solely rely on it's amazing natural instinct to locate food in the Wintertime to survive.
😊

Photography by
@annephilbrick
🍃🍃
![20200211_204133.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmYhysgbU1e7N979Vwa6wWaXvEC3gNVztaBsNAzDFDg1oR/20200211_204133.jpg)

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@whatisnew · Feb 13 '20

OMG!  Amazing photos of the squirrel!  I didn't know that they can smell seeds and nuts under a foot of snow.  It is good that they can rely on your help during the winter.  : )

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@annephilbrick · Feb 13 '20

🤗
Thank You..!!
@whatisnew 
They really are pretty amazing little creatures. 
:-D

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@adalger · Feb 13 '20

Sooo amazingly cute 😍❤️💕.. I soo love squirrels and those pictures make me going melt, hehe ^^.. It sounds like the eastern gray squirrel is the bad boy amongst the other squirrels ;)

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@annephilbrick · Feb 13 '20

🤗😊..!!
@adalger 
I find the red squirrels to be aggressive and a bit troublesome. They have often chewed through my screens and have gotten into my cabin. I have had no issues with the grey squirrels or chipmunks. I have seen them all argue among themselves. Usually foods involved 🤷‍♀️.

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@annephilbrick · Feb 13 '20

🤗
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@ninahaskin · Feb 17 '20

Anne, you captured the spunky, energetic and cuteness of the grey squirrel brilliantly!🐿 

Congratulations on winning the latest Amazing Nature Contest! @annephilbrick

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@annephilbrick · Feb 17 '20

🤗
Thank You...!!!!!
@ninahaskin
I was surprised I won. There are so many wonderful and amazing entries.....🤗!!!!!!
The grey squirrels have a lot of personality and they really are cute.
Very smart too 
:-D

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@janton · Feb 17 '20

Ha! Fantastic shots annephilbrick! So cute. You feed them right?

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@annephilbrick · Feb 17 '20

🤗Hello...!!!!!!
@janton 
I mostly put food out for the birds in the Winter but the Squirrels always get their fair share. The birds don't hoard food for the Winter but the Squirrels do. 
:-D

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@janton · Feb 17 '20

Yeah that's very true, you don't have to feed the squirrels because they steal from the birds! lol.

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