#squirrelappreciationday

[beckyandfrank]

Happy Squirrel Appreciation Day! Take a look in your yard and wave to the little guys! 🐿️

[librarycompany]

We completely missed #squirrelappreciationday yesterday, and we couldn't be sorrier about it.  Happy Belated, Bob! 

 The Travels and extraordinary adventures of Bob the squirrel. Philadelphia:  Geo. S. Appleton, 1847.

[hagleyvault]

Happy National Squirrel Appreciation Day! This bushy-tailed holiday is a recent one, having been created in 2001 by Christy Hargrove, a wildlife rehabilitator in Asheville, North Carolina.

And, while it’s a little acorny, we’d be nuts not to take this perfect opportunity to post this small news item from the July 1953 issue of Newport News, featuring DuPont employee Allen Ridgaway and his pet squirrel Petey. This publication was edited and printed for the Newport Plant employees of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. in Newport, Delaware.

Hagley's holdings of this magazine include selected issues dating from 1947 to 1983. To view them online now, just click here.

[slinus27]

Happy National Squirrel Appreciation Day!!! While you're busy doing human stuff, these guys are hard at work planting oak trees! It is estimated that millions of trees are planted worldwide each year by squirrels accidentally forgetting where they hid their nuts. Please enjoy a few of my favorite photographs that I've taken of these wonderful critters over the years. #squirrelappreciationday (at Goshen, Kentucky) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKT1jJHD9kw/?igshid=17x19p59rtltv

[secondlife]

Today is #SquirrelAppreciationDay and how can we not appreciate the playfulness in today’s #SecondLife pic of the day by Elaine Lectar. https://community.secondlife.com/blogs/entry/3296-second-life-pic-of-the-day-01212020

[roseycheekesblog]

It's squirrel appreciation day! I absolutely love these little guys 😬 here's the famous Trinity Bellwoods squirrel. . #digitalart #illustration #toronto #trinitybellwoods #illustrator #art #drawing #cute #kawaii #squirrel #squirrelappreciationday #comics #cartoon #nuts #friendsofillustration #picame #cuteart (at Trinity–Bellwoods) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7mKDmFjs6N/?igshid=f8fi18sc4y90

[forageworkshop]

It’s #squirrelappreciationday ! Though I gotta say the little guys are really taking advantage of their special day. I’ve had 3 gray squirrels on my bird feeder since this morning. They knocked down the baffle, broke one of the perches and somehow opened the top! Maniacs! Take a peak at them in my stories if you want to see some destructive cuteness. . . . . . #forageworkshop #squirrels #squirrelsofinstagram #backyardwildlife #inthegarden #cutecritters #squirrelwatching #squirrellove #squirrellife #forestfriends #🐿 https://www.instagram.com/p/B7l7XPKBMQb/?igshid=tba6smk9zjkj

[rabbitcruiser]

Squirrel Appreciation Day 

 Squirrel Appreciation Day is observed annually on January 21. The creator, Christy Hargrove, is a wildlife rehabilitator in North Carolina and is affiliated with the Western North Carolina Nature Center.  According to Christy, “Celebration of the event itself is up to the individual or group — anything from putting out extra food for the squirrels to learning something new about the species.”

According to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System of North America (ITIS), there are over 200 species of squirrels.  Some of the oldest squirrels categorized on the list are the nocturnal arrow flying squirrel (validated in 1766) and the Black Giant (validated in 1778).  Of all these species, they fall into three types.  

Ground squirrels, such as the thirteen-lined ground squirrel, the rock squirrel, California ground squirrel and many others blanket the prairies and deserts of North America. Often causing damage, they can be considered pests, and they are labeled rodents. Predators enjoy them as a tasty morsel, too. As a result, they work together to protect themselves. Their only protection is to flee!

Tree squirrels make their homes in the trees but also find their nesting materials and food both on the ground and above. Making their homes in cities and the countryside in nations all around the globe, these familiar backyard and park residents will make themselves right at home in your birdfeeders or snag your snack right from your hands if they have become practiced enough!

The third type of squirrel leaps farther than the others with flaps of skin between the legs. Flying squirrels glide greater distances giving the impression they can fly. When they leap from tree to tree or building to building, they spread their legs wide and float on the breeze escaping predators or perhaps other snarky tree squirrels with a nut to pick with them.

HOW TO OBSERVE

Learn more about these fascinating creatures. Tell us your favorite squirrel story or share a picture of your squirrel visitors.

HISTORY

Squirrel Appreciation Day was created by Christy Hargrove from Asheville, North Carolina on January 21, 2001.

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