PineKnot,

An interesting shot for today's pod.

How lucky you were to not only witness but also photograph that extraordinarily rare migration of red squirrels swimming across a lake to find their new home!  Remarkable! Incredible!!!

Keep up the great work!

Jimbo 

P.S.  On the other hand, perhaps the rare photo is not so surprising.  You're kind of like the "Pied Piper" for that particular tribe of rodents.  They march behind you determinedly, over-across-or-through almost ANY obstacle. 

That's what you get for declaring "war" on those little beggars.... [See official declaration of "war": (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) ]

"And then I look over at my pack on the granite and see a red squirrel trying to chew into the pack.  HEY!!  GET THE HECK OUT OF THERE YOU LITTLE TURD!!  He scampers away, but 10 minutes later he's back trying to chew into my other pack.  OK.  That's it!!  I declare war on the stinking little varmints!! "

Magic,

You get the chance for LOTS of pics like that one IF you share enough camps with PineKnot, the Pied Piper of pesky pests!

If you look closely enough, you can see the vengeance in that little bugger's eyes... "Death to PineKnot!"

They are NOT to be trifled with....

Jimbo   

Magicpaddler wrote on Aug 25^th, 2020 at 2:28pm:


Sadly, this methodology is strictly forbidden under the terms of the Geneva Convention (see: (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links)) re: permissible instruments of death in the conduct of war... to which our buddy, Colonel PineKnot, strictly adheres.

Jimbo   

All is fair in love and war

HighnDry wrote on Aug 25^th, 2020 at 5:16pm:


Not just one.  Just take a good look at that POD. It's scary!

Every single red squirrel he encountered on his entire Stuart River trip seems to have joined that army of vengeance, valiantly braving big waves and nasty conditions to get at his sorry squirrel-beater butt!

I suspect PK will be paddling "solo" for years to come.  Who wants to deal with Biblical plagues?  It's a terrestrial version of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds"!  PK has somehow managed to upset the space/time/critter continuum....

Jimbo