Back in January, I blogged in Snowstorms and Squirrels Nests about a remarkable squirrels nest that was in a tree in the back-yard.
Unfortunately, I have to report that the squirrels nest did not make it through the winter. Two weeks ago it had a hole right through the middle. I would have taken a picture but the snow was too deep to wade out into the yard. Two days ago I went out and took a picture of the tatters that are left. Here are before and after shots:
The nest made it most of the way through this epic winter which is pretty amazing. It certainly made it through the two worst storms. Even more amazing is how many squirrels nests in the area did make it.
On a happy note, there seems to be no shortage of squirrels in the back yard eating birdseed so I’m confidant they survived the break-up of their nest!
As I suspected back in January, they were nuts to go out on a limb like that!
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