A friendly visitor. Kitty just watches.

@TheHorse (238268)
Walnut Creek, California
March 19, 2021 12:56pm CST
I had a cute visitor the other day. He sat on my railing working on some kind of large (slightly smaller than a walnut) seed or nut, so I snapped a picture of him. I am not sure if he was even aware of my presence. The squirrels at my music friend Michael's house like to tease his cats. Kitty watches the squirrels, but I've never seen her chase them. Maybe she is aware that she's a mouse specialist, and that squirrels are too quick. Have you had any visitors recently?
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Silvia
@Shxrubia (2751)
• Indonesia
19 Mar 21
It's a cute visitor haha
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238268)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Mar 21
I had one come down (from his tree) and sniff my nose up in Montana. I am not sure if he'd ever met a human before.
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Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (128824)
• Gainesville, Florida
19 Mar 21
I have five squirrels in my backyard. It's pretty cool, because momma squirrel will climb up on the screen on my patio so she can watch all the others as they forage in the yard.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238268)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Mar 21
She sounds like a good mom.
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Go Crossbones
@crossbones27 (52907)
• Mojave, California
19 Mar 21
Squirrels are rather smart, I always thought they were kind of dumb, but reading about them and then seeing one in action made me think different. My guess that guy knows what he is doing.
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Go Crossbones
@crossbones27 (52907)
• Mojave, California
19 Mar 21
@TheHorse I crap you not and then he started flexing. I am like you win buddy.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238268)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Mar 21
I dunno if he's the one who lives in my redwood tree. If I had busted him digging for seeds in my balcony garden, I would have cursed him out and he would have scattered off. .
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238268)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Mar 21
@crossbones27 Heh. I have cursing battles with squirrels sometimes. But I don't think I've had one go boo right in my face.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86568)
• United States
20 Mar 21
Earlier this week there was a squirrel with its left eye missing. I kept making gentle noises so as not to scare it, but it just sat there on the shelves, munching away at the sunflower seeds. Then it turned and saw me and up the tree it shot. Poor baby.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86568)
• United States
20 Mar 21
@TheHorse — don’t know. I couldn’t get too close, but there didn’t seem to be any obvious trauma on that side of its head or body (like a missing ear or big scar that would indicate a serious fight with another animal). It was relatively calm until it moved to where it could see me. Not a “regular customer,” because most of “my squirrels” aren’t that scared of me.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238268)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Mar 21
@FourWalls I wonder if he'll become a regular.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238268)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Mar 21
I wonder how it lost the eye. I always worry that the raccoons here will beat up on Kitty.
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Dena Miller
@Dena91 (17029)
• United States
20 Mar 21
I looked out our living room window to see a squirrel enjoying some of the fresh bird seed I had put out earlier. Buttons use to love to watch them from her cat tower
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238268)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Mar 21
Was she tempted to dine on them? Or did she just watch, like Kitty?
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Dena Miller
@Dena91 (17029)
• United States
20 Mar 21
@TheHorse She loved watching them. Sometimes she would look at us and we go over and pet her while she watched them. She'd purr when we did that.
dhia eddine
@didinedhia (8482)
• Algeria
19 Mar 21
oh how cute is it!! never saw it infront of me
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238268)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Mar 21
I think I took this through my screen door. Had I opened it, he probably would have run off.
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dhia eddine
@didinedhia (8482)
• Algeria
19 Mar 21
@TheHorse yess theyrun too fast!
BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
19 Mar 21
Yup, the squirrels are out and about. Nice day for it, too.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238268)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Mar 21
Today is dreary here, but not too cold. I'm just doing errands.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
20 Mar 21
Kitty visited not long ago, we do not have squirrels here. Those little things are cute, but they are pests.
DE
@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
24 Mar 21
Squirrels and bunnies love our yard. I think it's because of the small forest at the end of our back yard. A couple of days ago I watched a cat chasing a squirrel up the tree out my kitchen window. Every time the cat slowed down the squirrel would stop and wait for the cat to decide to try to catch him again. The cat gave up when the squirrel ran over our internet cable to another tree. It was pretty funny to watch.
Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
20 Mar 21
No as the barn cats would be after them. They have caught a couple over the years
Fleur
@Fleura (34927)
• United Kingdom
19 Mar 21
Oh yes the squirrels are back with a vengeance at our house too!
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238268)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Mar 21
They're running around here as well. They have spared the plants on my balcony so far.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381739)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Mar 21
Not really - on the usual birds and kangaroos.
LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
20 Mar 21
The last time we had s**w on the ground we had a LOT of tracks. Deer, rabbit, etc. I haven't seen any animals around lately. There was something on the roof last night. Could have been a raccoon. My husband re-homed a bunch of them; and it had been quiet for quite some time.