I heard a loud noise today. I thought the woodpeckers were fighting over who gets to live in my exhaust fan again. The noise was too loud and the woodpeckers usually fight in spring for nesting areas.

It is raining.

I go outside and walk away from the house far enough to see the skylight area on the very top. I am getting very wet. There, staring at me is a large squirrel who has decided that the hole in the side of the house for the exhaust fan where the woodpeckers have been living needs to be made larger so he can get his fat a$$ in there too.

He glues himself to the wall motionless as if he is invisible. We stare at each other for about a minute (I felt some need to get really wet). I see where he is removing the wood from the edge of the skylight for good measure.

I go get my pellet gun. As I look for pellets, I hear him munching away on the side of my home. I find a pellet, pump up the airgun and head back into the rain. No squirrel to be found.

I come back inside and listen to the munching for a few seconds. I go back outside and stand in the rain with my NOT rustproof airgun. No squirrel to be found.

Repeat.

The munching goes on as I type this.

sounds like a personal problem

The squirrels are out to get you and they will not stop until you are dead. Soon you will have pneumonia and they will be able to destroy you with little resistance

Woo-Hoo! There are some other critters to share the blame w/ me.

Take care Joe you know what squirrels fav food is? Anna x

A squirrel ran up my leg
looking for some nuts
he came back down with such a frown
i wonder why that can be?? Anna x

first get a snake to kill the squirrel,
then get a mongoose to kill the snake....

and then you get the khakis.... and then you get the girls...

Quick....

hide your nutts!!!!!!!!!

Burn the house down around him... that will get him!!!

Muwahahahahaha

better yet... send in GI Joe!

UPDATE:

In order for the squirrel to hide, it had to get into the rain. The hole is a sheltered area under the roof overhang. I waited in the rain till the squirrel got tired of being wet and left... at least for a while.

After spending a good part of the last hour in the rain ... I feel a little squirrely.

This is crazy, desperate times call for desperate measures. Go Bugs Bunny on da _itch. Dress up as a girl squirrel with a bear trap in your mouth. When he comes down to kiss you....

I get along fine with my squirrels

I'm thinking one of my next posts is going to be about squirrel stew.

Thats a chipmunk.

What's the difference between a ground squirrel and a chipmunk?

Alvin, Simon, or Theodore?

but after a couple of bowls he thinks he is a flying squirrel