Double Dippin’ #Wordless Wednesday #Winter’s a’comin’ – must eat/bury peanuts!

Posted on November 1, 2023 by Linda Schaub

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

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About Linda Schaub

This is my first blog and I enjoy writing each post immensely. I started a walking regimen in 2011 and in 2013 I decided to create a blog as a means of memorializing the people, places and things seen on my daily walks. I have always enjoyed people watching, so my blog is peppered with folks I meet or reflections of characters I have known through the years. Often something piques my interest, or evokes a pleasant memory from my memory bank, so this becomes a “slice o’ life” blog post. I respect and appreciate nature and my interactions with Mother Nature’s gifts is also a common theme. Sometimes the most-ordinary items become fodder for points to ponder over and touch upon. I retired in March 2024 after a career in the legal field. I was a legal secretary for almost 45 years, primarily working in downtown Detroit, then working from my home. I graduated from Wayne State University with a degree in Mass Communications (print journalism) in 1978, though I’ve never worked in that field. I would like to think this blog is the writer in me finally emerging!! Walking and writing have met, shaken hands and the creative juices are flowing in Walkin’, Writin’, Wit & Whimsy. I hope you think so too. - Linda Schaub
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34 Responses to Double Dippin’ #Wordless Wednesday #Winter’s a’comin’ – must eat/bury peanuts!

  1. Dan Antion's avatar Dan Antion says:
    November 1, 2023 at 6:54 am

    I love it when they try to carry two. Great photo.

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  2. Kate Crimmins's avatar Kate Crimmins says:
    November 1, 2023 at 8:07 am

    How many peanuts can a squirrel carry in its mouth? As many as it wants!

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  3. TD's avatar TD says:
    November 1, 2023 at 9:31 am

    Love the title! 🥜 That’s one handsome black squirrel. As it is there the squirrels are extra feisty this morning with the low 34 degrees but it’s dry with a dew point of 35. All sun today! High of 60. I saw Orion with the full moon setting. The stars were clear enough that I could see its belt and sword!

    We are still snuggled up in bed watching out the window on this new month of November. My mystery birds flew South two weeks ago, but the hummingbirds replaced the activity. I’m thinking about trying the shelled peanuts for the squirrels in the front yard. Have you tried the peanuts in your yard (worried that just ants will overtake peanuts just like they did with pistachios)? My oaks did finally produce acorns so there’s plenty for them to eat and bury! 🍂

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      November 1, 2023 at 8:47 pm

      Thank you TD! The black squirrels are handsome with their glossy coats and jet-black features. They are the most-timid of the three types of squirrels at Council Point Park – the Eastern Gray and Fox Squirrels are bolder. I had some Chickadees in the Spring and was using those blue plastic square feeders, about 3 X 3 inches and used shelled peanuts. I put them there for the Cardinals and their offspring, but the Chickadees found those nuts – went out one day to see 6-7 and I was happy to see that, but the neighborhood squirrels caught on quickly and would climb up through the bushes to feast on peanuts, so I stopped, but was disappointed to stop. I fed the neighborhood squirrels and birds for years, then had to stop as a new neighbor (who has since moved on) left his dog out 24/7/265 and we got rats, so had a pest control service come in and the birdfeeders and birdbaths had to go immediately. I started putting out peanuts and sunflower seeds again last year, then saw two mice, plus a squirrel got killed running across the street after getting peanuts at my house and went to its nest. I stopped immediately for good after that.

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      • TD's avatar TD says:
        November 2, 2023 at 4:52 pm

        It certainly doesn’t sound like a good idea to try to feed my yard squirrels peanuts. They can eat the acorns. Thanks for saving me from the expense of shelled peanuts that I would never eat!

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      • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
        November 2, 2023 at 8:45 pm

        They do love peanuts but I am just reluctant to start with them again … I felt badly when the one squirrel was killed. But they look at me, standing on haunches and with sad eyes, it is hard to resist them. 🙂

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  4. Terri Webster Schrandt's avatar Terri Webster Schrandt says:
    November 1, 2023 at 11:53 am

    I love seeing this black squirrel, Linda. So unusual. Happy Wednesday!

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  5. Janis @ RetirementallyChallenged.com's avatar Janis @ RetirementallyChallenged.com says:
    November 1, 2023 at 1:10 pm

    That’s me trying to carry too much so I only have to make one trip.

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  6. trumstravels's avatar trumstravels says:
    November 1, 2023 at 2:06 pm

    They are so greedy ! Chipmunks are even greedier lol. When we were camping this autumn, we were sitting outside in our site and watched a squirrel “hide” a peanut in our cocoa mat hahaha. It wasn’t there long when a chipmunk came by and took it

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      November 1, 2023 at 8:54 pm

      Yes Susan, right now, more than any other time and they are always looking around to see if another squirrel is watching them hide it. Squirrels and chipmunks are both pretty crafty. Your cocoa mat wasn’t a good choice to hide it – it must have been desperate to have a temporary spot til it found a permanent place. 🙂

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  7. rajkkhoja's avatar rajkkhoja says:
    November 2, 2023 at 11:50 am

    I love black squirrel. So cute & smart squirrel eat two peanut photo. Nice photography.
    Have a happy day. ,Linda!

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  8. Barbara Rodgers's avatar Barbara Rodgers says:
    November 3, 2023 at 3:29 pm

    That’s a handsome little double dipper! I’ve seen blue jays doing that, too… I hope I get to see a black squirrel some day. You’re so lucky to have them around.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      November 3, 2023 at 7:53 pm

      Yes, very handsome Barbara. Glossy and jet-black right down to the nose. They are skittish most of the time, except this time of year, they are a little more adventurous, coming closer for peanuts, as are the eastern gray squirrels which are often a little timid too. I think the colder weather, their need to eat and bury peanuts makes them bold. 🙂 If the blue jay(s) land on the ground and no squirrels are around, they’ll pick up several peanuts and drop them down to decide which one is best – maybe heavier, smells fresher? I’m not sure, but they are people peanuts (Hampton Farms) so they do smell wonderful when I open the bag.

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      • Barbara Rodgers's avatar Barbara Rodgers says:
        November 3, 2023 at 9:07 pm

        I was just watching an episode of Bargain Block on HGTV. It’s filmed in Detroit and there was a clip of one of your black squirrels on a tree trunk in the yard of the house they were flipping. They must be fairly common up in your area! Oh how I miss our blue jays. Tim did see one the other day but I didn’t get over to the window in time to see it. I remember wondering why the selected certain peanuts and rejected others, after carefully checking them all out. 😉

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      • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
        November 4, 2023 at 7:54 pm

        When we lived in Canada, it was a fairly new subdivision, so there were no big trees, but at my grandmother’s house, it was an old street and the trees were huge. Lots of black squirrels and when we moved here, we just had Fox squirrels. The black and gray squirrels were not around until maybe 10-15 years ago. I think I read that because blue jays are in the Corvid family, they are smart like crows and ravens. I remember a blogger telling me once that he had seen a crow swipe a walnut from a squirrel and roll it to the middle of the road, knowing a car tire would crush it the walnut and then it ate the walnut pieces. That takes some bird brain power to do that. The jays are not as selective if they swoop down and steal a peanut from under the squirrel’s nose … they just grab-n-go! 🙂

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  9. indianeskitchen's avatar indianeskitchen says:
    November 4, 2023 at 5:19 pm

    Somebody passes out delicious peanuts!

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      November 4, 2023 at 7:56 pm

      You’re right Diane! They are people peanuts (Hampton Farms Roasted Jumbo Peanuts). If I can’t get them I will buy critter peanuts, but they are not as clean (some dirt is on them) and I don’t like handling those peanuts and the camera. They smell wonderful when I open the bag up!

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      • indianeskitchen's avatar indianeskitchen says:
        November 10, 2023 at 8:31 pm

        I don’t blame you, you don’t want dirt ruining your camera.

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      • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
        November 11, 2023 at 9:48 pm

        Yes, you’re right Diane. Meijer sells “critter peanuts” and if I can’t find the other “people peanuts” I use them but don’t touch them. I put them into old cracker box and pour them out. They are raw peanuts, so I don’t want to touch them. I ordered peanuts from Wild Birds Unlimited (my old HVAC tech for years … he and his wife bought one of the franchises). In the early part of Covid, I ordered peanuts from him. If you spent a certain amount you got free delivery, so I did that – ordered seven, 7-pound bags to avoid going to the store during early lockdown. The peanuts in the shell were clean, but the bag must have had moth eggs on it – within a few days, I had moths sitting all over the basement.

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  10. singlikewildflowers's avatar singlikewildflowers says:
    November 5, 2023 at 8:50 pm

    Cute squirrel…I wish he had a little tote bag to carry his yummy peanuts home!!!

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      November 5, 2023 at 9:26 pm

      Yes, he is, isn’t he? Ha ha – he would like a big tote bag Esther. 🙂 Today I watched a squirrel try to carry a walnut and a peanut in its mouth … reluctantly he had to leave one behind!

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      • singlikewildflowers's avatar singlikewildflowers says:
        November 5, 2023 at 9:30 pm

        Oh, poor squirrel! I’m sure he was very reluctant to leave it behind. The reason I mentioned the tote is because there is this online shop that sells a tiny backpack for squirrels. I know, it’s crazy?! Maybe people have squirrels for pets and get them an accessory like that.

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      • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
        November 5, 2023 at 10:27 pm

        Yes, I think that could be it and it always amazes me this time of year how often they will bury a treat before eating it – they do relent when there are two peanuts, etc. That is different – a backpack for squirrels. Well, how handy if they go under an Oak tree. 🙂 I have a funny sign I saw about “Caution – Falling Nuts” … it is a huge tree maybe a Black Walnut with huge nuts … well, they won’t kill you if they fall on your head.

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  11. Shelley@QuaintRevival.com's avatar Shelley@QuaintRevival.com says:
    November 6, 2023 at 6:58 am

    🤣😂 That’s a squirrel with a plan-ahead degree!

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  12. J P's avatar J P says:
    November 17, 2023 at 1:14 am

    Now I’m hungry for peanuts!! Those look really good right now.

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