It’s not often that I see gray squirrels. Typically it’s the little red ones who work at my bird feeders.

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This morning, the rain didn’t stop this guy from making an attempt at a free meal.

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Although he wasn’t entirely immune to the rain.

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He watched me watching him as he contemplated the prize at the top of the pole.

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It took only one trip up the pole to encounter the plexi-glass critter guard before he scurried off elsewhere in search for a meal. The chickadees will dine alone today.

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