Furry Little Friends

Shortly after Casey moved to his new home(our home now), we began noticing this odd animal in the woods. It looked like a squirrel but was big enough to be a cat and the coloring ranged from red to black. Every once and awhile as we would drive in, we'd see this animal run into the woods and up a tree. Over the years, we have studied and photographed this animal as much as possible and finally discovered that we were watching fox squirrels.

A little history: The fox squirrel is the largest tree squirrel and is native to North America. They generally live in leaf nests or tree dens and eat nuts, berries, bird eggs and insects. They have 2 litters a year with normally, 3 per litter. In captivity, they have been known to live up to 18 years while in the wild a female can live to be 12 and a male up to 8 years old.

Over the years, I have grown to love these squirrels. Not only are they fun to watch run throughout the yard but they have such beautiful coloring. I'm so glad we get to witness these gorgeous creatures that normally, in this area, you wouldn't see.