EARLY MORNING VISITORS

On my birthday this year I received from a friend a beautiful bird feeder of the type that can be attached to a window pane. When we arrived here back in August I positioned it at once on one of my bedroom windows,filled it with a of meal worms seed and peanuts, and waited for visitors.

As is usually the case it took several weeks for the gardens bird population to become accustomed to their new fast food joint but eventually ,first the Robin,then Blue Tits,Chaffinches and Sparrows began to patronise my establishment.

In recent days I began to notice that the food was vanishing very quickly,I suspected squirrels and this morning my suspicions were confirmed.

I woke early and decided to do write some letters before breakfast,from time to time the sound of scuffling,rattling and a tapping on the windows distracted me so I went to look out of the window.

There was nothing to be seen and I thought that I might as well fill the bird feeder whilst the window was open,as I opened the tin a large squirrel appeared round the corner of the gable and stopped for a moment to consider it's safety. I reached out to the feeder ,my hand filled with nuts and the squorrel made a leap,landed on my arm and then bounced into the bedroom, I don't know which of us was the most surprised at this turn of events.

It sat on a chest of drawers regarding me with a mixture of fear and curiosity,then it noticed the peanut tin close by and fer was overcome at once by it's love of peanuts and it spent quite a time with it's head inside the tin.

Another squirrel appeared on the feeder and was chased away by my visitor in very short order. He returned several times to the tin before the chilly morning air forced me to close the window,having first filled the feeder.

Our squirrels have become very tame during the Autumn as there is an enormous nut tree by the kitchen window,every time the visit this tree they see us at close quarters so that gradually they have ceased to be at all afraid of either us or our cats

Personally I think that becoming blasé about the moggies is a great mistake, only time will tell if I am right.

In the mean time I am happy tp be entertained by these adorable little creatures