A squirrel’s attack on prayer flags
Creatures in our forest are readying for winter right now. This squirrel, one of our long-time neighbours, was out collecting warm material to line her home with when she found one of our strings of Buddhist Lung ta prayer flags (Tibetan:རླུང་རྟ་; Mandarin Chinese:風馬 – Feng ma; meaning “Wind horse”). I found her while she was well into separating one of the flags. I really can’t take much issue with this resourceful little creature so I think we will have to buy some more flags to replace these.
Our squirrels have taken one string of flags up the redwood and disappeared, and now are trying to take some more strings. We had three strings layered for privacy. Why would they want so many?
January 16, 2025 at 9:44 am
I wish it was because they reincarnated and remained aware of their Buddhist enlightenment. However I’d wager the flags serve as excellent material for their little den.
February 18, 2025 at 9:23 pm
It is a beautyful picture. We see, its easy for an squirrel to arrive on a desktop in germany.😄
January 14, 2016 at 1:41 am
This really made me giggle, what a great place for prayer flags to be surrounding and nuturing nature x
November 20, 2015 at 2:10 am
Absolutely adorable!
November 15, 2015 at 3:00 am
They also appreciate yarn! It should have a cozy winter now, out lots of nuts. They really like hazelnuts and almonds. Peanuts aren’t good for them. Wonderful photos!
November 14, 2015 at 10:41 am
Oh, how funny!
November 14, 2015 at 10:33 am