Flying squirrels

[primsong]

Pulled open the blinds in the dining room this morning and the first thing I saw was a flailing flying squirrel. Literally spread-eagled in mid-air with all four little paws waving around like a cartoon character.

Seems the movement at the window startled it right off the roof of the little squirrel bird-feeder it was looting for sunflower-seeds. X-D He landed and tried to regain what dignity he could by pretending that hadn't happened. *snert snert*

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[pippins-scarf.livejournal.com]

Mally and Freddy have decided that squirels are the new Dog TV. They've never encountered them before and they love to watch them through the glass door. And bark at them. And bark. And bark.

Last night, however, we had a possum pay our yard a visit. Freddy was so angry at the invasion, he nearly broke the door down trying to get out to chase it!

[primsong.livejournal.com]

My mom's doxy about loses her mind every time she sees squirrels, going after them seems to be hardwired into dogs, I swear. :-D Possums are something else tho'! They can really hurt a dog if they get cornered, good job keeping your boys in.

[pippins-scarf.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the warning about possums. I didn't realize they could do damage... and I'm sure that Freddy, being the little Napoleon, wouldn't realize that either!

[acciochocolate.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the picture in my mind of your dog barking at the possum. It reminded me of my big boy cat who would literally throw himself against a sliding glass door to get at the cats outside.

When we were little kids we were once confronted by a possum in a yard full of very tall grass. We thought that a cat was in this disused yard, and were very alarmed to see a possum appear (the only ones that we were familiar with were the ones by the side of the road). It hissed at us, and being little kids, we ran shrieking back to our grandparents' house. :)

ETA: The bird icon is, of course, to excite the cats and dogs. :)