Friendly Beach Squirrel

We are told to not feel the wildlife around here, but people disregard that warning. There are remnants of peanut shells everywhere around this certain beach area. The little squirrels come right up to you like a little dog would when you call it and will eat nuts right out of your hand. They still have a little bit of a fear though and will quickly run away to the safety of their little underground tunnels if they sense someone or something is out to harm them, so that is good. Didn't want to name the beach area as it might draw even more people to feed the squirrels there. Also, they can bite, so one ought to consider that if you are going to feed them out of your hand.

My grandpa loved to feed squirrels in a park everyday. He fed them right out of his hand. One day a squirrel took a bite right out of his thumb by mistake and he had to get stitches to sew up the wound. Maybe it is best to just admire the creatures and let them find what they ought to "naturally" be eating, don't you think? I know it is tempting to want to feed them, but actually it could be harming them if they rely only on humans and then when the humans don't come back regularly they may suffer as they haven't gotten used to their own foraging for food.

I think maybe if you are going to feed any wildlife (even though you still are not supposed to) to stick with seagulls as they seem to survive no matter what or where they get their food from. We have some mighty healthy seagulls around here. And that is enough out of me about wildlife.

Well, one more thing. I do confess I have fed many squirrels, ducks and seagulls in my time, but now I am agreeing a bit more with the rangers and how they don't want these creatures to rely on humans and are better off finding their own natural foods from nature, not from us. Well, maybe we ought to not feed the seagulls either. Maybe best to just feed your own domestic cat or dog if you have one. Is there food in their dishes right now? If you don't have a pet, there are plenty of them in the shelters who could use a good home and a plus is you can feed that pet everyday which will hopefully be enough to quench your need to feed other animals that need to learn to survive on their own. Okay, enough out of me.