‘I Kissed a Squirrel and I Liked It’

She may be cute but she's no Miss Piggy! Image via Wikipedia

We here at Squirrels Squirrels Squirrels are huge Muppets fans  (we heartily endorse The Henson Experience at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, btw), and so we got a kick out of reading this Cinema Blend post on a suggested scene in the latest Muppets movie, in which Miss Piggy spoofs Katy Perry. It didn’t make the cut, sadly:

The premise? Director Nicholas Stoller explains: “Miss Piggy singing “I Kissed a Squirrel and I Liked It,” while a procession of squirrels lines up to lock lips with her. Stoler explained that “more and more squirrels are lining up to kiss her, and she’s getting weirded out.” If parodying “I Kissed a Girl” was too risque, they could always have gone with “California Squrrls.” “

The squirrels that decorate New York buildings

Reblogged from Squirrels Squirrels Squirrels:

Anyone got other great squirrel architecture sightings in NYC?

Anyone got other great squirrel architecture sightings in NYC?

A Stoic (and Stuffed) Squirrel Visits Occupy Wall Street

Stosqui (the stoic squirrel) hangs out among the slightly grubby protesting crowd down at Wall Street. The ending is my favorite part, because that’s exactly what I want to do when I view the OWS footage. *bad shiver*

Video brought to you by animator/artist Dan Meth.

It’s Full Throttle Frenzy Time for New York Red Squirrels

Perhaps because it’s going to be an early winter — many trees are already turning, and I’m shedding tears for them — the red squirrels are out in force this weekend, hunting around our neck ‘o the woods in the Shawangunk Mountains in Southern New York state. From my bedroom window today (while half watching Project Runway), I’ve counted three red squirrels racing around the long branches of the hemlocks that surround our home. Their routine: They grab a tiny pinecone (hemlock cones seem custom fit for the diminutive red squirrel), strip it of the seeds, then race back to their den. They’ve been at it hours, looking like frantic commuters scurrying out of the trains at Grand Central, desperate to keep up with the near panic of going, going, going.

Of course, I didn’t bring my Nikon this weekend, thinking the dreary weather wouldn’t inspire me to take any photos. Wrong. Always wrong. So far, this is the best shot I’ve gotten, and because it’s so lame, I iPhoned-edited it all to hell to make it look more like a painting.

(Frequent readers of Squirrels, Squirrels, Squirrels know that the masthead above is a red squirrel, a favorite of Joy’s.)

I Gots Mah Peanutz

Photos by Don Victory, in Astoria Park, Queens.

Berries? What berries?

Berries? What berries?, a photo by ~1ladybug~ (away) on Flickr.

Squirrel Outraces Lamborghini Going 100 MPH

If you’ve ever wondered how squirrels have managed to survive amid humans and our many deathtraps, just watch this amazing video:

via: Meet the Luckiest Squirrel to Ever Run Across, a Race Track, CBS NEWS

A Stellar Smiling Squirrel Snapshot

Crazy Squirrel

Originally uploaded by Lance and Erin

Lance, a coworker of mine who travels the country in an RV with his wife (and works online from the RV), snapped this great photo of a squirrel in Rocky Mountain National Park.

I’ve been woefully lazy about updating this blog (I now work for WordPress and so I’m basically blogging all day, and this one got shelved in place of those that they pay me to update), but I couldn’t pass this gem up. I may even have to make this guy my new custom header.

Build a Squirrel Cage & Help Save Baby Squirrels!

I know it’s been centuries in squirrel-years since I last posted, but this one landed in my lap, and it’s for a great cause:

Empty Cages Collective, an Alliance Participating Organization, was inundated with orphaned baby gray squirrels this fall.  These babies were orphaned when their nest trees were cut down, their mother were hit by cars or indiscriminately poisoned with poison intended for rats. Most of these babies were “pulled” from Animal Care & Control where they were at risk of being unnecessarily killed.  Others were rescued by the general public. Through timeless dedication, most of the babies survived and thrived and it is now overdue to prepare for their eventual fall (and for the younger ones, spring) release.

When rehabilitated grey squirrels are released back into the wild, a nest box needs to be placed in the area (per squirrel) where the release is happening so as to help them adjust to living the wild life.  This is especially important with autumn babies who will not have the whole summer to find food in warmer weather.  We really need to get some squirrel nest boxes made as buying them (about $60-75 a pop plus shipping) is completely unfeasible for ECC’s modest budget.

Empty Cages Collective is in desperate need for people with carpentry skills (or friends with carpentry skills) to step forward to help us build squirrel nest boxes.  We are also in need of donated wood - as we would prefer to use recycled wood fiber left over from other projects instead of buying new as some of the squirrels we have were orphaned when their nest trees were cut down.

I am including a few plans on tree squirrel nest boxes for all of your perusal:

http://www.agfc.com/!userfiles/pdfs/free/squirrel_boxes.pdf <http://www.agfc.com/%21userfiles/pdfs/free/squirrel_boxes.pdf

http://www.dnr.maryland.gov/wildlife/wasquirrel.asp

http://www.dfw.state.or.us/conservationstrategy/naturescaping/docs/squirrelbox.pdf

Please contact me if you think you can help!

Best,

The Empty Cages Collective

ph 800-880-2684

http://emptycages.petfinder.com

http://emptycagescollective.wordpress.com

So Sorry!

One day, I’ll get better about keeping up with squirrel news. I’m swamped — in a good way — these days, and so my poor squirrels get put on the backburner (where, as we know, they’d be eaten, if I lived in the U.k.) When things calm down, I hope to revive the squirrels.