rehess wrote:
I forgot to put more "squirrel & critter" food out today, so the squirrels had to really dig to find much. That apparently affected their tempers; normally the two that live in my neighborhood munch peacefully a yard or so apart, but today the one kept chasing off the other.
I showed this image to my 93-year-old mother at the nursing home, and she muttered "cute". I visited every day, but that was the last word I heard from her - she died on the morning of the 10th, so now I will always associate this image with my last meaningful interaction with her.
I now think these are both males, and the dominant one is establishing territorial pre-eminence.