I was home sick for the last couple of days and at one point, while unable to do much besides stare out the window I saw Mr. Squirrel running back and forth along the fence. Well, let’s take a picture of Mr. Squirrel I thought. Even better I decided to use some of the acorns Natalie collected a while back as bait to get Mr. Squirrel to come very near the window.
I piled a bunch of acorns on top of a post about five feet from the office window, but unfortunately for Mr. Squirrel, Mr. Jay was paying better attention. Even before I had gotten back in the house and set up the camera Mr. Jay and his friends were fighting over the acorns. So, I took pictures of Mr. Jay instead.
The fight was classic Mr. Jay. The first Mr. Jay would grab an acorn in his bill and then stand there trying to prevent any other Mr. Jays from take the rest of the acorns. I’m not sure what the first Mr. Jay’s endgame was because there was no way he was leaving that post with more than one nut. The result was all the acorns got knocked on the ground, and out of my view lots of squabbling would ensue. In my weakened condition I found this quite entertaining so I tried it two more times, each time with the same result. Fun with nature! Reenacting Aesop fables.
About an hour later, Mr. Squirrel did happen by. He missed out on the acorns, but because the camera was still set up I did manage to get a shot of him looking right at me. He asked me “Where’s my nut?” and I said “Talk to Mr. Jay”.