I seen someone else this morning on Facebook that had 4 hummingbirds at the feeder and when he got up close they didn't even fly away.

Out of the corner of my eye I thought I saw a bunny rabbit.

Meet Bob. This little guy showed up yesterday with mom and dad in tow. I've never seen a squirrel with no tail. He's got a stub looks like. I can't see any wound/healed area. Looks natural.





I'll spike the patio with more cracked/broken sunflower seeds and see if he is a local and get more photos. His parents look familiar. They will sit there and eat the crushed seeds. Anything else they fill their face then scamper away and bury it in the yard.

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My Dad had a hell of a time with squirrels back in the 30's, they tore up the whole attic and wiring, the city came in and cut the population down. Just what they did I don't know.

Just a quickie which I will post here for my own reasons

This is growing outside my bedroom window here at my dad's



Anyone know what it is?

Out of the corner of my eye I thought I saw a bunny rabbit.

Meet Bob. This little guy showed up yesterday with mom and dad in tow. I've never seen a squirrel with no tail. He's got a stub looks like. I can't see any wound/healed area. Looks natural.

I'll spike the patio with more cracked/broken sunflower seeds and see if he is a local and get more photos. His parents look familiar. They will sit there and eat the crushed seeds. Anything else they fill their face then scamper away and bury it in the yard.

Google says tailless squirrels are quite common and that it's almost definitely
due to an attack by a predator. As far as anyone knows, squirrels are never born
without a tail.

Of course, other articles might say something different. I only checked the first
couple of results.

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Thanks for looking.

Turns out Bob is really Bobbie. She came around today alone. She must have lost her tail when really young. Can't see a scar.

Oops, my images are little too big. I will correct that tomorrow. Too late tonight.

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Here we even have a song about squirrels and their tails.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAOAln9m8K8

Got the idea but not the words. LOL

The squirrel was sitting in the spruce,
Should scale the cones,
When he heard the children,
Then he had to hurry away.
He jumped onto a pine branch,
He bumped his little leg
And the long furry tail.

Text and music by Alice Tegnér, published in 1892

Looks like it may be a rhoderdendron....looking at the shape of the leaves...

I think it's a rhoderdendron as well.
Just walked our dog Tosca and passed by a rhoderdendron bush.
However they they haven't blossomed yet.
Maybe tomorrow.

I've never seen a squirrel with no tail.

It is unusual alright...almost like a rat without a tail....:-)

Anyone know what it is?

Usually like acidic soil.....Rhododendron...not sure which type....

Oops, my images are little too big. I will correct that tomorrow. Too late tonight.

Fixed

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Oops, my images are little too big. I will correct that tomorrow. Too late tonight.

Fixed

I think it's nice to have an easily-identifiable creature in your yard. And I like your pix of Bobbie.

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Google says tailless squirrels are quite common and that it's almost definitely due to an attack by a predator.
As far as anyone knows, squirrels are never born without a tail.

I'm not so sure about that.
Both cats and squirrels usually have tails.
But not all of them.
I have met some cats without a tail.
And they was definitely not due to an attack by a predator.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelle_Svansl%C3%B6s

Well all Bob cats get along without them just nicely. LOL

Google says tailless squirrels are quite common and that it's almost definitely due to an attack by a predator.
As far as anyone knows, squirrels are never born without a tail.

I'm not so sure about that.
Both cats and squirrels usually have tails.
But not all of them.
I have met some cats without a tail.
And they was definitely not due to an attack by a predator.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelle_Svansl%C3%B6s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manx_cat

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Well my mystery bud has flowered



And indeed it seems to be a rhododendron. While you can find lots of images of the flower, images of the buds are harder to find.

Google says tailless squirrels are quite common and that it's almost definitely due to an attack by a predator.
As far as anyone knows, squirrels are never born without a tail.

I'm not so sure about that.
Both cats and squirrels usually have tails.
But not all of them.
I have met some cats without a tail.
And they was definitely not due to an attack by a predator.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelle_Svansl%C3%B6s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manx_cat

I have not met cats from Isle of Man.
However in Scandinavia there are plenty of cats without tails
At least I think so having met two of them here.

At least he kept his nuts safe........

Bobbie is not carrying the same package as a Bob would. Why I corrected her name. Bobbie is female. wink wink Har! ;^)

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