Gettin' Up!

Hey Booker finally got up on his hind legs while facing the house.  Normally I just see his backside when he does this.  Nice change of scenery.  =B

Get on up, get on up.

Sittin' on the dock of the bay, sippin' dandelion.

Booker & MacGruder grubbin' together.

I'm guessin' Booker doesn't like strawberries; he walked right by that one.

Friends and Neighbors

Booker wanted me to give a shout out to some of his friends in da 'hood. Booker's colossally shy and embarrassed by all of the attention he gets when his friends are just as interesting. So here are the other residents of Booker's neighborhood:

MacGruder the Squirrel

Guillermo the chipmunk

Claudio Cardinale

Racquie Raccoon (being relocated to the creek)

Alfred the garter snake

Romeo the other garter snake

Digger & Dawn the fawns (Born June 2009)

Digger, Dawn & Mom

Toby the Shepherd of the Yard

His other friends, too shy to shine, include the other squirrels: Parisa, Equa, Law, Hop Ching and The I-Ching; and a few rabbits that are too infrequent of guests.

Tasty Dandelions

Who knew? Booker likes dandelions. You know those pretty, yellow-flowered weeds kids like to call buttercups that turn into those puffballs that kids make a wish and blow on to spread the seeds around the yard? I watched Booker snap a few of those puffball stalks off at the base and suck 'em down like spaghetti! I'm so pleased there's a use for them, now I have an excuse not to weed my backyard. =)

I snapped a little video of Booker while dandelion-hunting. Here it is:

And here's a pic of the little guy when he thought he heard something in the woods:

He's never facing the house when he gets up on his hind legs like this, dangit!

About a week ago I saw Booker out on the far side of the yard. This seemed unusual because I normally catch the little guy at the backyard buffet right outside my bedroom window. But then I recalled that his burrow is actually 40 to 50 feet long with multiple entrances, so he was actually hanging out on his back porch.  Here's a pic:

Bookers back porch 4.30.11

I also managed to catch a motion pic of the little lad bookin' back to his burrow. It's pretty rare to get a pic of him when he's running because he's really fast!  Take a look:

I feel the need... the need for speed!  4.30.11