Surviving the Heat Wave

With temperatures reaching close to 40 C with the humidity today (and tomorrow), water from this sprinkler is just the thing!

[Shutterbug]

I bet that feels good at those temps.

[Heather]

@shutterbug49 Yes, this heat is hard on all of us. I saw a couple of squirrels splayed out flat! (I couldn't get good shots, though)

[Shutterbug]

The first time I saw that on our patio, I thought the poor thing died, but he sure jumped up quickly when I walked out there.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Ooh Heather what temperatures !! - This squirrel is wise enough to seek water from the sprinkler !

[Barb]

Is this a squirrel?! Thought at first it was a cat...! Whatever it is, it's smart to try to cool off that way!

[Joanne Diochon]

That comment makes me think of some of the photos Koala Gardens has posted of koalas getting as flats as they can against cooler trees, in very hot weather. It was like a sauna outside here, today.

[Yao RL]

Today is my first glimpse of squirrel at Vancouver, they are fast.

[Diana]

Well spotted and captured, it sure must have tasted good.

[Maxine Lathbury]

So sweet. I have never seen a black squirrel

[carol white]

Great capture. Fav 😊

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[KoalaGardens🐨]

every drop counts

[KV]

Wow! That is hot! That squirrel is hugging the sprinkler head… probably hoping for some action!

[Heather]

@bjywamer Hi, Barb. Yes, it's a squirrel (I should have mentioned this because I know that many places don't have black squirrels). And yes, it's smart too! :-)

[Heather]

@gardencat Hi Joanne. Interesting about the koala bears doing the same thing (or vice versa). Another sauna day today (Thursday) too. I think this heat wave is predicted to break by Saturday or Sunday. Fingers crossed!

[Heather]

@365projectmaxine Hi Maxine. Black squirrels are so common here that I forget that they are not in a lot of other places. I actually prefer the grey squirrels, and we do have them too, but black ones dominate :-)

[haskar]

Lovely shot. We're not the only ones suffering.

[Jo Worboys]

Absolutely the birds have been drinking out of the dog bowl at home;

[wendy frost]

Lovely to see the black squirrel hope he manages to keep cool

[Sue Cooper]

Your black squirrels are fascinating. We don't get them here. The wildlife must really appreciate sprinklers. Fav.