Pull up a chair and enjoy this morning’s entertainment.

Paul gave me a bird feeder for Valentine’s Day. While the birds have been slow to enjoy it, not so for the squirrels!

There were quite a few visitors today. This big grey.

And his girl.

This determined little red one.

And then the fun started.

Over and over,

they climbed up the saplings

and launched themselves,

flying through the air.

Like children on a slide, they traveled up and down, over and over.

They met with success about one out of every twenty attempts, but soon slid off.

When they started climbing down the hook,

I resorted to sprinkling a bit of cayenne pepper on the lid, but that didn’t slow them down. I finally gave up and moved the feeder out of the tree and found a spot for it on my squirrel proof pole.

Who knew the squirrels would provide more entertainment than the birds?