Raccoon Update XIII - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe

Hello friends, and welcome to the thirteenth installment of our Critter Cafe.

If you are new to us, this is a place where Critter People gather and talk about anything and everything.
All are welcome here and there is no such thing as "off topic" in the Critter Cafe.

To start us off, here is a shot Eric took this afternoon.

Eric calls this shot "Stalking Fail"

Go Spawnie!

The squirrel certainly has the high ground, food is close, pole is close, shrubs are close.

Cat is in the open, and has been spotted.

Squirrel is weighing up its options - frontal attack, strategic retreat via food, tactical withdrawal up the pole, skim up the pole then bomb the cat, shoot into shrubs, followed climb pole and bomb cat.

Cat is thinking, hmm, he's spotted me so how do I make this defeat look as if I planned it that way...

My money is on the squirrel
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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

Or like those I used to have at a previous address it would be up the pole, dangling its tail temptingly to the cat. The cat would try a few lunges, then get bombed by a few nuts, pebbles etc. that the squirrels stored up there just for this task. The cat would then beat a hasty retreat, in the vain hope of getting closer next time.
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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

My money is on the squirrel

I'll have your dosh ;-)
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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

The squirrel certainly has the high ground, food is close, pole is close, shrubs are close.

Cat is in the open, and has been spotted.

Squirrel is weighing up its options - frontal attack, strategic retreat via food, tactical withdrawal up the pole, skim up the pole then bomb the cat, shoot into shrubs, followed climb pole and bomb cat.

Cat is thinking, hmm, he's spotted me so how do I make this defeat look as if I planned it that way...

My money is on the squirrel

Maybe they're keeping their distance from each other because the skunk has sprayed one of them :)
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In an alternate universe, it was a ZX81 that asked for clothes, boots and motorcycle.

Beer/wine o'clock, the best of the o'clocks.

Humpty dumpty sat on a wall, along came a giant, and cooked him for breakfast.

To start us off, here is a shot Eric took this afternoon.

Did the cat survive?


Worried

PK

Go Spawnie!

The Squirrel have coexisted with Spawnie for a few years now. You met him and are still here. He is a really laid back Kitty.

BTW, I saw one of your nephews going up my cherry tree. Not sure where it is now, but I have a nice sturdy bush flanked by Roses, that would provide it with a safe home.
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Pluto will always be a planet to me.

Cash Donation Specialist

The Squirrel have coexisted with Spawnie for a few years now. You met him and are still here. He is a really laid back Kitty.

BTW, I saw one of your nephews going up my cherry tree. Not sure where it is now, but I have a nice sturdy bush flanked by Roses, that would provide it with a safe home.

Gary, I put out plenty of food for all of your relatives. They are welcome here.

Steve
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Gary I love Cherris, plus I don't mind sharing. There is bummer law here, that I can't donate the extra.
Gary might correct me, but is the last I heard
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Pluto will always be a planet to me.

Cash Donation Specialist

Gary I love Cherris, plus I don't mind sharing. There is bummer law here, that I can't donate the extra.
Gary might correct me, but is the last I heard

Gary, I have been eating them straight of the tree.
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Pluto will always be a planet to me.

Cash Donation Specialist