[TheForge] OT: Squirrels and maple sap?

[Jerry Frost]

Have you tried a telescope?

I bought a 40x spotting scope at a garage sale for 
$1.00 that shows a nail head 200' away. Last summer I 
was able to focus on a goshawk's nostril at about 150'. 
The guy even threw in a little folding tripod.

Another thought. Are there bugs on the trees? Squirrels 
will eat nearly anything including trout. I turned 
around just in time to see a squirrel taking one of 
mine up a tree. Sat on a branch and laughed at me while 
it ate too. Pesky little bastids!

Frosty
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From: "Bruce Freeman" <freemab222 at gmail.com>


>   squirrels in my backyard are exhibiting a behavior 
> I hadn't previously
>   observed.  I see them hanging on the sides of the 
> trunk and the
>   undersides of the branches of my red maple in my 
> backyard.  I can't
>   really see what they're doing, but they act as if 
> they're gleaning
>   something.  It occurred to me that the sap may be 
> rising.  If they had
>   the brains, they could tap the sap for the sugar. 
> Their teeth are
>   certainly up to scoring the bark.  I wonder whether 
> that's what
>   they're doing.  I haven't gotten close enough to 
> tell.  Anyone ever
>   see behavior like this?
>   --
>   Bruce
>   NJ
>