Mwahaha, that is a wonderful image- you in combat mode with the evil greys! The Black Squirrel Liberation Front demands a picture of its new freedom fighter!

The Black Squirrels here are the aggressors,mean little buggers.Chase you right back in the house ala yarn harlot. Super soakers I remember well, my son was 10 in 1990 and they were big on his list, next were nerf guns, he is 29 and still chases hi younger sister 16 with them.Do they ever grow up?

it was a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend – thanks! And out cottage is the great elephant graveyard of supersoakers. We have them all, and have kept most of them. With the lake handy for easy filling, there are epic battles on our beach every summer.

Hahahahahahaha… Oh, to be in the squirrel’s mind…

The best way to use a super soaker is for the kids to be having their battle with plain old squirt guns in the front yard while the old folks sneak around from the back and catch the kids in a crossfire from the water rifles. Guess how I know!

For some reason I am hearing theme music like the old spaghetti westerns that helped Clint Eastwood become famous.
“There’s a new law in town, and you seed-thievin’ squirrels had better head for the hills if you know what’s good for you”

Finally – a squirrel post I approve of! Heh!

I’m officially rolling on the floor

and yes, I remember the super soaker — I have a kid the same age, and my husband’s side of the family is infamous for water fights (squirt guns, buckets, hoses — its all good!)

and I know exactly what I need to get my son-in-law for Christmas — yeah, boy baby coming — DUDES!!

I laughed out loud at this post–I used to take a water-uzi to the squirrels at my birdfeeders! (Didn’t work.)

Look, lady, when I wanna shower, I’ll letcha know!
Never had any super soakers around here, but it reminds me of the time some years ago when Amalie and I had parakeets. Sometimes the only way to keep them out of something was to use a water pistol we kept for that purpose. No soakers — didn’t want to drench the furniture.

I read somewhere that the black and the grey squirrels are the same species only the black gene is dominant. Sooooo, if you want more little black squirrels around you ought to let the greys and blacks mingle at least a little bit (get my drift?)

On a related note, my parents were entertained for a few weeks by hummingbirds. One bird was so fiercely territorial that my parents took pity on those kept away that they bought more feeders. They miss them now but hope they return next year. If squirrels migrated you might be more generous but I can understand why it’s important to discourage interlopers (lest you gain a reputation as the crazy squirrel lady, a label that would be as hard to shake as a scurry of squirrels.)

that was just too, too funny! Seriously – thanks for the laugh. g

Given how many squirt bottles are around our house right now as we tutor the kittens, your post is especially amusing.

By the way, I hear from a good source that raccoons enjoy being squirted, so don’t expect your new arsenal to work if you get some of those guys raiding the seed.

Alison, I spent this Thanksgiving weekend up here in Canada with a water gun (not a supersoaker, but the nerf equivalent) trained at the squirrel who has learned to climb my parents’ birdfeeder. They certainly are the right tool for the job!