How'd it go today?

[Mellow]

Re: baby squirrels. We just put them under a bush or some shady spot out of the way while we finish working. The mom ALWAYS comes to retrieve them.

 

[MasterBlaster]

If you're gonna keep them, separate them so they will imprint on you. If not, no need for separation.

 

[SeanKroll]

I think I recall you saying that they don't realize they are squirrelly squirrels until seeing another squirrel. Do I recall correctly?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Pretty much yea, IME.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Good info guys.
As far as momma coming back for them, they were pretty out in the open in 100 plus. I doubt they would have survived long out in the open in dirt. Too many preditors about.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I'll still never believe the mommas come get them... maybe one in a million. Where do they take them? The nest is destroyed - they don't haul ass and build a new one while the babies wait patiently on the ground or on a limb. They disappear cuz predators got them... they are best euthanized.

 

[Mellow]

I've witnessed the mommas come to get their babies many many times. Squirrels typically have multiple nests so there is no need to quickly build a new one.

If we don't see the mother right away, we'll sometimes poke the babies to get them to squeal. She usually shows up immediately after that.

 

[cory]

My experiences exactly, too.

 

[MasterBlaster]

maybe one in a million

Perhaps two or three, then.

Got any documentation that mama squirrels have multiple nests? I'd like to read it.

 

[cory]

"Squirrels often build more than one in a season, as reserve nests, lest the primary drey be disturbed by predators..."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drey

 

[MasterBlaster]

Males, yes - females do the den thing. You can tell the differences from the ground.

 

[Mellow]

https://animals.mom.me/nesting-habits-gray-squirrels-3948.html

 

[Grendel]

 

[Grendel]

I'm going to teach myself to ice climb this winter. The area I'm in is famous for it, and I've always wanted to give it a shot. Figure I can top rope myself out of just about anything while learning, so why not.

 

[cory]

Uno, dos, tres, Done!

Nice pics. Looks just like ME or CT

Nice. You do any rock or gym climbing?

 

[Mellow]

My youngest son left for Air Force boot camp yesterday. Momma is worried, I'm just proud.

 

[Grendel]

I've never done any gym climbing. Little bit of rock, but never any ice. Seems like some of the skills will transfer, but I'm really looking forward to learning a new way to climb on a different kind of spikes.

 

[MasterBlaster]

AF boot camp is a cakewalk. He'll have no problems!

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Proud daddy

Sam, how you liking the teufelberger?

 

[SeanKroll]

You might consider double-ropes for ice-climbing.

 

[flushcut]

I don't see any ice axes in that pic.

 

[Marc-Antoine]

A second wave of heat strikes this week. That's unusual. The temperature dropped a good bit the last 2 weeks, even coldish as it was down to 11 - 12°C in some morning ! But this week, BAM ! Today, it was 32°C at 9:30 am. Now I have 42,6 °C in the shadow behind my house. Historical record at Paris. Luckily, my big job ended tuesday, so it's a lazy day and I'm just hot instead of cooked.

 

[Raj]

Hot! That's what we had here in Paris, Ontario.

 

[MasterBlaster]

That's amazing.

 

[pantheraba]

ooorrrah! on AF bootcamp. Best to him. Be proud for sure.