Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Nutkin, the squirrel with an attitude

I tried and tried to get a picture of Nutkin, but he is so elusive. Today, he played hide and seek with me. I saw him hunching over the corn cob ontop of the feeder and the moment i got the camera out, he went to hide under the feeder. The nearer I got to the tree, where the feeder is, he moved to the other side of the tree. oh well, however Nutkin has an attitude.
Usually during late winter and early spring, i like to put out feed for all kinds of critters in my yard. I like to look at Nutkin because he is like a naughty kid. he would steal food from under the chicken mouth (beak?). He would rush out for the food I throw out for the chicken and eat with them.
However Nutkin can be very irritating. I used to put nuts on the deck and Nutkin with his clan would come and steal the nuts and eat them. For a while they behaved quite well, but Nutkin, being braver than the rest would come and shake the door screen if there was no more nuts on the deck. Soon, he would come frequently to shake the door or window screens for the nuts. He was not interested anymore on the corn on the cob. he was also tearing the window screen. he was not scared, he would hang on the door screen showing us his big manhood (big for a squirrel). He did this a few times and even when poke from inside, he would not budge until one day when my husband had enough of Nutkin's attitude. he warned Nutkin to quit, or face the consequences. with pallet gun, my husband shot near enough to scare nutkin. Until today he has not done his show anymore. he only comes to eat at the feeder.

7 comments:

JoeBangla said...

besar ker anu nya squirrel? wakakakaka

AuntyN said...

I had a tom cat shown his *anu* on my bed at the hostel once. hahahaha

Akuro ® said...

Teringin nk tgk rupa Nutkin...

Mutiara said...

Joe, for his size, i think bigger than normal
N: hehe, must be finding a spot to water
akuro: nanti kalau i can get his picture, i will post it here

Mama Rock said...

hi muitara, fisrt time i'm dropping a comment here. talking about squirrel, one time we lost our work due to a power trip done by a squirrel who bit the power cable. there was no recovery ya - so had to retype the paper again...uaarrghhh...of course this was in the eighties, where computer program not so canggih and a pc is a luxury, so malam tu kana stay up kat comp lab nak finish kan paper due the next day!

Mutiara said...

mama rock
Only last week suku sakat Nutkin was fried on the power line and of course we were out power for a while. That was not the first time either

Leyla Shuri said...

kenapalah makcik sorang nie tak nak updet lagi. Takkan ashik2 citer nutkin aje.