Squirrel Defending It's Yard! [Backyard Bag Feeder Project]

I was trying to catch a little rest in the afternoon, and I was just about asleep when this squirrel started squealing at *something* - so I tried to find it, and I eventually did - right outside of my window! The whole thing went on for 15 minutes or so (and it was still screeching after that!), but this video shows the best of it! There are some awesome shots of it vocalizing (and scent marking every inch of "it's branch") here! It even screeches while it's grooming it's tail! I don't know *what* it was going on about, because I looked where it was looking and I couldn't see anything... but it was definitely not happy about something! :)

...if I was that squirrel... I would have been screeching about the traffic... :)

© 2007 Zach Glenwright

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[EastCoastDude99]

That famous squirrel sound around this area means theres a cat hiding under the Shrubs near the feeders.

[taburineagle]

@EastCoastDude99 - Yep - exactly, that's what happened!

[slowbubblecar]

I just had a little red squirrel going crazy in front of my house. It was living in the roof but I haven't gotten around to fixing it yet. Turns out a duck was sitting on the roof and he was mad that he couldn't get up there to get in.

[taburineagle]

@slowbubblecar - Hehe... squirrels usually call out when there's big danger like a cat or some other predator in the area that might come after them - it's funny to think of a duck trying to eat a squirrel! :)

[sparkloweb]

It is just singing a song for you. :)

The tail grooming could be similar to humans who keep brushing their hand through their hair while freaking out.

[taburineagle]

@sparkloweb - That's possible, over-grooming to calm itself down...

[slowbubblecar]

@taburineagle - My house has walnut trees in the front yard so it naturally attracts squirrels. This little red squirrel (slightly bigger than a gopher) seems to have claimed my yard in his mind. I closed the hole he was getting in the next day and haven't seen him since. I don't think the duck paid any attention to the squirrel regardless of the noise he was making, but the squirrel didn't like him up on the roof. :)

[taburineagle]

@jelloofhell - Grooming, not chewing... although kind of excessively.

[taburineagle]

@stangsaleens7 - That's because they see you as a threat :)

[jelloofhell]

WHY WAS IT CHEWING IT'S TAIL