I'm sure there was a story about the 40 thieves but I've only got 5 in my garden - 3 greys and 2 blacks! Naughty squirrels keep pinching the bird food despite having their own nut feeder! I keep thinking that maybe I should buy another nut feeder so that more than one squirrel can be feeding at a time as the greys have to take it in turns with the blacks. The black ones bite the greys bottoms if they don't want them on the fence or on the feeder. They are really entertaining.
I've just googled it because I couldn't remember what the story was but of course it was Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves - Ali Baba, a poor woodcutter finds a cave full of gold,hidden there by thieves. He tells his brother who goes to look but gets caught in the caves by the thieves. The brother tells the leader that Ali Baba has been taking the gold from the cave. The leader plans to kill Ali Baba and his brother and the 40 thieves go to Ali Baba's house where they hide in big oil jars in Ali Baba's garden. Ali Baba's daughter overhears them talking in the jars and saves her family - a very quick summary! You can find a mine of useless information on Google!
Anyway, this little fellow was on top of our neighbour's garage and I quite liked the texture of the tiles in this shot which is SOOC.
Thank you for your kind comments and Favs - it is always much appreciated.
I love watching them Rosie, my Brother-in-Law has a couple in his garden but they can't get the bird feeders as they close with their weight. FAV from me.
Rosie, a fav for the squirrel and the texture of the tiles on the roof, for the story about the squirrels' activities (I never knew there were black squirrels before) and for the Ali Baba story!!!!
I can relate to squirrels cleaning out the bird feeders!! And, yes, it doesn't work to have their own food. Believe me I tried. They just eat that then head to the bird feeders ;-) Cute catch though of this little thief.
