We had a "Stumpy" a few years ago... so "Mr. Half-Tail" popped out and has stuck with me although Ang prefers "Pom Pom". As you might notice from his photo, he does have half a tail.
Most of the Squirrels rather blend in together... just a bunch of trouble-making yet comical misfits with no names. A few do get a name for physical appearance or characteristic reasons as you may recall with Smokey and Jigger.
There is more to "Mr. Half Tail" than just the half tail. He is the blackest, shiniest and fastest of the bunch. The back door opens and Squirrels come running from all directions and he passes them all with ease like a champion Stallion in a rush to get a peanut. He works harder than the others when searching them in the grass... you can just see it in him... quickly moving about, back and forth, left to right.
He follows me like a faithful puppy the full length of the yard for that peanut.
It's nearing the middle of January, so I like to think that in about 8 weeks, things will start to go back to normal for yard critter visitors. I do hope he is one of the returning Squirrels (not all have come back) and wonder if "Mr. Half-Tail" will still have just a half tail?
3 comments:
He sounds adoreable!
I thought I was the only one who loves to watch the silly squirrels! Do you have any red squirrels? We have three that keep us laughing.
I didn't start calling him "Pom Pom" til the hair on his tail grew back. Poor little guy had a short bald tail for a while. He's a funny little guy for sure!
I wish we had some red squirrels or chipmunks, just black and gray ones here.
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