One of Nature’s Mysteries to Solve
Hey, Hickory here with your mystery plant for this week. Yes, it’s more than green sticks. Look close for clues. Make a guess and drop me line in the comments section. I’ll be back later to check in.
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Hey, we’ve been seeing dragonflies out, even at the backyard pond, Ol’ Wally says. So today’s motionless are a couple tethered together to hold still for a photo.
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Here’s a wildlife garden statue that Miz Flora took particular care to point out to me. I’m not sure why, but thought some of you humans might know what she had in mind.
View ArticleThirsty Thursday
Howdy from Colorado, Squirrel Nutwork Readers! From reading The Squirrel Nutwork, I—your Colorado Field Correspondent Coney—know Ol’ Wally talks water issues on Thursday. Colorado is dry—arid...
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The other… bloggers on our Nutwork were after me to tip my hat to some human holiday today. “Not a holiday, really, “ Hickory muttered, but the females in our group glared him into silence. I’m sorry,...
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Hickory and I ran across this marked tree. We know this means the tree will be cut down. Yeah, it’s dead. Anyone can look at the base or the top and tell that. This snag hasn’t even got enough branches...
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Hey there! This beauty of a crow came to us from an avid reader. Thanks, BB!
View ArticleYes, Cicadas!
We may not have had cicadas right here in Reston, but other parts of northern Virginia did. Thanks to our readers, we have photos of the hatch–nearly a month ago now, sorry!–out near Haymarket,...
View ArticleOne of Nature’s Mysteries to Solve
Howdy! Coney, your Colorado Field Correspondent subbing in for Hickory. I ran across something not many of Hickory’s suburban neighbors have run into—but they could! ~~~
View ArticleMotionless Monday
Hey there! Hickory here! Nutmeg gave the okay to post a new wildlife statue I discovered this week. Kind of break from our break. Have to say, Miz Flora was not fond of this one. Too watchful, she said.
View ArticleF is for Flamingos on Motionless Monday
Hey There! It’s Motionless Monday. If you are new to reading The Squirrel Nutwork, Monday is when I, Hickory Squirrel, feature a wildlife statue we’ve spotted in some human’s garden. It seems they...
View ArticleT is for Tree Trunks
Howdy from Colorado! I’m Coney the Pine Squirrel, The Squirrel Nutwork’s Colorado Field Correspondent. I have a great alphabet letter idea from Colorado that Nutmeg agreed to let me post! I was...
View ArticleThirsty Thursday
Here in Virginia–and all along the east coast–we’re being pounded by rain. Do humans still say that these days? Pounded by rain? I guessing your houses and cars you don’t feel the pounding like we...
View ArticleHappy Holidays!
Dear Readers! Our suburban yards are filled with so many wonders this winter season, we squirrels are caught up in your celebration. Happy Holidays from your friends at The Squirrel Nutwork!
View ArticleOne of Nature’s Mysteries to Solve
Hey there! Can’t help it folks. The Squirrel Nutwork is on break, but I have to post, too, because we saw some amazing sights in the snow this week, including this: Flowers in winter? Anyone know what...
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Hickory and I ran across this marked tree. We know this means the tree will be cut down. Yeah, it’s dead. Anyone can look at the base or the top and tell that. This snag hasn’t even got enough branches...
View ArticleOne of Nature’s Mysteries to Solve
This is a relative of rhododendron, as one of our readers guessed. Pinkster Flower, Rhododendron periclymenoides, or Pinkster Azalea as it’s sometimes mis-named, is native to our woodlands and just...
View ArticleOne more flower!
Little white flowers get passed over for the more showy stuff, so Ms. Flora thought we ought to give them some equal time. Rue Anemone, Thalictrum thalictroides, is definitely one you tall human...
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Well folks, to keep up with Nutmeg and Hickory’s leaps over the land, this old squirrel had to leap alongside the pond… Ol’ Wally’s turtles are almost as camouflaged in his favorite habitat as well.
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