Sciurus vulgaris, Red Squirrel
This postage stamp was issued by the Royal Mail in 1961 to celebrate
THE POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK 1861-1961
The stamp depicts a Squirrel squirrelling away nuts for the winter, a wise Owl looking on and a bird sitting on a nest
The photos are of a wooden squirrel my father made when he took up woodworking for a short while. I think it was too cold in the garage and woodworking too messy to be done in the house so he gave it up after completing this squirrel and a small dog.
Looking through the excellent index of
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN I discovered that squirrels are mentioned in seven articles. I admit that I didn’t look at all seven journals to pick out one to recommend, but chose issue number 25 July 2001 where Katherine Greenberg writes in
A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
“While I was away many seedling oaks had grown from acorns planted last fall by the resident squirrels and scrub jays as a winter food supply”