Tangled Branches: Cultivated
happenings in and around my zone 6b gardens in northern Virginia and in central Virginia
Saturday, December 06, 2003
Weather: had another 4 inches or so of snow overnight - about 7 inches total for the storm.
Wildlife: I felt sorry for the squirrels, looking for something to eat in the snow, this morning. So I tossed a handful of peanuts (in the shell) out into the woods. Then I noticed that there were no mourning doves around this morning, probably because there was no food on the ground for them to scavenge. So I got a large plant saucer and put some mixed seed in it and sat it on top of the snow. I had one junco investigate right away, closely followed by a squirrel (surprise, surprise, what was I thinking?). The squirrel starts off by daintily picking up the seeds in his paws and nibbling on them, but soon gets serious about chowing down by putting his head down like a dog eating out of a dish. All the while, keeping any other squirrels away just with menacing looks. By and by, he decides maybe he should save some for later, so he takes some seed a short distance away and buries it in the snow. Then he gets a better idea. He comes back to the saucer and brushes some snow into it and pats the snow down on top of the seed. I was astonished.
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