Mar 05 2010
Photo Finish for March 5, 2010
Portrait of Contentment
A gray squirrel enjoys a meal of sunflower seeds set out on a stump. Do I begrudge him the seed? Nope. This is the hardest time of the year for wild animals and birds here in the snow belt. Food is scarce, either because it’s been gathered or eaten, or because it’s covered in a winter’s accumulation of snow and ice, or because they’ve lost their storehouse.
A neighbor clear-cut a large portion of his wood-lot this last fall. Every tree, whether dead or alive, was a home and source of food for the wild community who lived there. Because of the loss of so large a chunk of forest, I feel it’s especially important to lend a helping hand to the animals and birds who were displaced or had their food sources reduced. Once spring arrives, hopefully they will find new homes, new sources of food, and will be able to go about their lives without intrusion.
