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Part 5: As winter approaches, keep an eye out for Hazelnut the squirrel

Part 5: As winter approaches, keep an eye out for Hazelnut the squirrel #IpswichMA #NorthShoreMA #squirrels #wildlife

By Anna Gibbs

This is the last article in a series about rescuing a wild squirrel. The other articles can be found here or by following the links below.

It was hard to guess how Hazelnut would behave in his early days of freedom. Sometimes rehabbed squirrels disappear for weeks after they’re first released, while others don’t want to leave the cage.

We might never see Hazelnut again, or…

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Tender moments slip away and squirrel is now a young adult

Tender moments slip away and squirrel is now a young adult #IpswichMA #squirrels #wildlife #squirrel #NorthShoreMA #nature

by Anna Gibbs

This is the third article in a series where Anna outlines what she learned about nature and herself rescuing a baby squirrell. The first two can be read here.

After four weeks of raising an infant squirrel, I hadn’t slept through the night in about…. four weeks.

Waking up at 4 every morning felt like a personal torture designed just for me, a night owl who often doesn’t…

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A squirrel's genitals need to be managed properly

A squirrel's genitals need to be managed properly #IpswichMA #nature #wildlife #squirrels #squirrel #NorthShoreMA

By Anna Gibbs

When Hazelnut – the squirrel I’ve been nursing from infancy – was five weeks old, he opened his eyes for the first time.

I held him in my hands, and we regarded each other. It occurred to me that I was the first living creature he had seen; I wondered if he thought he looked like me.

And as we gazed at each other, though we did not have family or species in common, I was…

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Life lessons from raising an orphaned squirrel are more than just making it pee

Life lessons from raising an orphaned squirrel are more than just making it pee #IpswichMA #wildlife #NorthShoreMA #squirrels

By Anna Gibbs

On the first day of September, when everyone else in the world was heading back to college (or law school, or high school, or their first post-grad job), I was on my bed scrolling through Instagram.

My life commitments weren’t yet in the form of a 9 to 5, and I had returned home after graduating from college this past spring. I wanted some time to try new things, spend time…

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Bodies can catch feelings as easily as catch fire: affect leaps from one body to another, evoking tenderness, inciting shame, igniting rage, exciting fear - in short, communicable affect can inflame nerves and muscles in a conflagration of every conceivable kind of passion

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