Was About Squirrels
Judy Glattstein via pbs (Sun, 27 Dec 2020 08:41:16 PST)

Here in New Jersey, close to the Delaware River, there are small birds,
larger birds, an infrequent hawk looking for a meal from the visitors at
the bird feeders. And once a peacock! by the compost heap. He had
wandered down the road from a neighbor's house, sampling a leaf here, a
blossom there.

Gray squirrels under or on the bird feeder. Chipmunks and voles - didn't
know chipmunks were climbers but there you are. This year for the first
time one went up into a Callicarpa and harvested all the bright violet
berries before the leaves even fell. There used to be a 7:00 p.m. rabbit
eating clover from the lawn outside the kitchen but haven't seen it for
a year. Occasional raccoon.

But the largest herbivores are the white tail deer, sometimes peering in
the kitchen window for coffee to go with the salad bar aka my garden.
Solo, duo, up to as many as 8 to 12. This winter's hunter has not yet
been successful, but I still have some venison in the freezer. Locavore,
free range, and I certainly do know what they have been eating.

Judy in quite chilly New Jersey
eager to see the end of 2020

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