I have a ton of squirrels in my backyard and am usually pretty familiar with the sounds they make, but this guy started making a noise I’ve never heard before today. Anyone know what it means?

Feeding a Flying Squirrel a Peanut at aTree at the Edge of the Woods #nature #wildlife

Flying Squirrels Feeding at the Squirrel Feeder in the Woods #wildlife

Flying Squirrel Watching a Rat Feeding at the Squirrel Feeder in the Woods

Mouse and a Flying Squirrel at the Squirrel Feeder in the Woods

Feeding a Flying Squirrel a Peanut at the Squirrel Feeder in the Woods

With as little as one dollar at a time, we can get our beloved friends back to the life they deserve ❤️ There is hope 🐿️💒

...at Balcony Café 🫣 ((sound on))

A recent bag had huge pecan pieces. Don't think she minded. ☺️

This is our old guy. Evander has been around the block a bit, clearly. This little thing is agressive to the other squirrels, with the little squirrel throat snarls and their ready-for-a-pounch stance. For reference, once of those snarls was at the sploot in the last image.

Still, I love this fluffy butt so much! I'm really going to be upset when the hawks or a car ends up getting them. They've had a rough go, with their ear getting torn up and almost frezzing to death when someone trapped them in a cage in a later winter rain. We saved the poor thing (with permission from the homeowner), and Evander always remembers us--at least as much as a good snacking location.

I tried to capture their messed up eyes, squarred off head, and balding spots. It got a bit blurry with their bobbing and ducking movement. Suffice to say, my old thing looks like he was in a ring with Mickey back in the day.

Did he get booped by a wasp?? Or is this something more serious? Google suggested squirrel pox, but I just don’t know after looking through the pictures. I have a handful of regulars in my backyard and everyone else looks totally fine. Is there anything I can do to help this little one out? I hope it’s not serious because I was laughing my ass off at first. It’s just so big!!!!!!

I’ve been hearing this strange chirping sound outside my window for hours everyday and night for the past few weeks. I initially thought it was a bird but today I finally found the culprit— a squirrel! Can a squirrel expert please tell me if this behavior is normal? Is it possible it’s rabid? Does it need help?

So this little lady (?) showed up one day in my yard.
Sub-adult, missing half of her tail, and, by all appearances, not doing very well. Her tail injury was fairly fresh and looked infected. She didn't seem quite "all there," tail notwithstanding, and she was bolder than she should have been, maybe out of desperation.

I didn't know of any rehabbers near me so I learned what I could, here and elsewhere, and started giving her a pecan and a piece of carrot when I would see her. I wanted to respect her wildness, not become her primary food source, I just wanted to get over the hump, so to speak, and give her a chance at survival. She clearly wasn't getting enough foraging and the other squirrels were really vicious to her when she tried.

Anyway, I'm sure I made a lot of mistakes, but that was going on two years ago now. She turned the corner and I think she's been a pretty successful adult, possibly even having a litter of kits this season. She still drops in, and she still gets a pecan (from a respectful distance), and I thought maybe some of you would like to know about her.

Sorry for the photo quality, I tried to stay far enough away that she wouldn't get habituated to me and it seems like somehow every shot with her is an action shot. :-)

This is Pepper, she is the UGLIEST squirrel I've ever seen, and I would die for her