Way up in the canopy of Maple and Shag Bark Hickory trees my 300mm lens and I watched this squirrel having his dinner aloft.
"Shagbark hickory nuts have been referred to as the "black truffle" of the nut world, a real delicacy. They taste great, like a mix of walnut and pecan. The only problem, and the reason they aren’t commercially harvested, is how difficult it is to get the meat out of the nut shell. Shagbark hickory nuts drop from the tree as a green orb the size of a golf ball. That orb is a thick husk. It often splits on impact or as it dries out. The nut is inside. Squirrels love them!"
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I retired from public school teaching after happily spending twenty eight years playing in Kindergarten. Now I fill my days watching cat antics, taking endless...
