The Awakening of the Oak Prince

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This is my oak tree. You can't really tell from this picture, but he is all awakening from his winter slumber. I will get some close up pictures today (it was almost night time in this picture, and my camera doesn't really like the dark).

I have a couple more pictures that are super cute, but I have to put them behind a cut to save Droops' sanity.



Isn't he the cutest ever?? The next day that it is sunny, I am going to take more pictures of this faery garden. I absolutely love walking by it every day. Some days I leave a couple shiny copper pennies on the tallest mini standing stone.

That is all! Enjoy your day

--Phae

Comments

I sense . . . ..

[droops.livejournal.com]

EVIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: I sense . . . ..

[pt_tangles]

That is why you stay on the safe side of the cut!

--Phae

[victrola58.livejournal.com]

Is that a black squirrel?

cool pics not matter what Droops says! :-D

[pt_tangles]

Of course. That is the colour they come in ;)

Well, we do have some gray squirrels, but they are sometimes mean little buggers (chasing and beating on the little black squirrels), and not as cute as the black ones. The gray ones are fairly bold and will come close enough to eat out of your hand.

--Phae

[dbmyrrha.livejournal.com]

I've never seen a black squirrel before! I only get gray ones, and I've seen red ones before.

I love squirrels. They are my Power Animal. LOL.

*squee!*

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Really? Here the black ones out number the gray ones about 5-1 ... at least. They are such little cuties.

I don't think I have ever seen red ones. That sounds cool. Are they smaller ones or bigger ones? The black ones are about the size of a small guinea pig (six to eight inches nose to bum).

--Phae

[dbmyrrha.livejournal.com]

Red squirrels are slightly smaller than grey squirrels, according to Wikipedia, and are usually no larger than 43 cm, including tail. Apparently black squirrels are simply Eastern grey squirrels with a genetic overdose of melanin. However, they are very common in certain areas. Apparently a few were imported to Vancouver, BC, multiplied rapidly, and can now be found in Northern Washington. Perhaps a field trip should be arranged. LOL.

Trystn says that in Ohio, grey squirrels get as big as a yorkie, and reds only slightly smaller, and that black squirrels (Kent State University is overrun with them) are really small, but he's a storyteller, extraordinaire (of the bardic variety) so he tends towards exaggeration. LOL. I only saw reds that were maybe as big as a baby rabbit. Of course I was in Ohio in the early spring, so perhaps I only saw young'uns. :)

I wouldn't want to piss off those black squirrels, though. Apparently, in Russia a pack of starving black squirrels managed to catch a wild dog and nibble him to death.

[pt_tangles]

LOL - I doubt that black squirrels will ever starve here. They are so cute and shy that people feed them. And the gray squirrels are bigger (sometimes twice the size) than the black squirrels and are considerably more bold ... and I guess the gray ones are territorial too.

The black ones are so cute. One day I am gonna get one to come close enough so that I can pet him! LOL

--Phae

[skulleigh.livejournal.com]

I love squirrels!

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Me too!

--Phae

[pjvj.livejournal.com]

You know it looks like that tree is holding up that plaque! lol

I want black squirrels, too, damnit!

[pt_tangles]

I am honestly a little shocked. I figured that squirrels just came in black and grey and occasionally brown. I will have to see if the black ones really only are local ones.

I am so proud of my tree. He is so big now. I am gonna have to give him a bigger pot this year. I learned not too long ago that oaks have roots that are as long as the tree is tall, so I don't want him getting rootbound.

--Phae

[pjvj.livejournal.com]

I think you just took a sharpie to those squirrels so you could feel special up there in Ole Canada! ~pout~

Squirrels are gray, brown and red around here. Maybe it is climate and/or diet that account for the colors? (I'm thinking climate.)

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Well, you learn something new everyday. Turns out black squirrels are an eastern squirrel that someone brought to Stanley Park in 1914. Cool. We are specialler than the rest of the Westerners!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Squirrel

--Phae