I have read many, many blog posts that contain the word “squirrel” in it over the past few months, and I have learned that there seems to be a common misconception out there that squirrels hibernate for the winter. This is not true at all for the common arboreal squirrels we know and love, and since we got our first measurable snowfall of the year last night, I decided to dig deep into the archives for some snowy pictures for this week’s Saturday Squirrel, and found a handful of shots I took of these two playful little critters after some snow we got in March 2011. I’ll fill in a little storyline here to go with these shots that may or may not be accurate…
Hey! Where are you going? You were going to build me a snowsquirrel!
Ralph! Get down from that tree THIS INSTANT!!!
Don’t make me drag you down from there!
Aha!!! Got you right where I want you, sweetcheeks!!!
Insert your own caption here.
We should do this again sometime, Ralph. Like maybe when it’s 40 degrees warmer and my teats aren’t frozen….
Enjoy your Saturday, whether it’s snowy or not!
Evil Squirrel's Nest 
They’re even cuter in the snow!
lol too funny 🙂
Reminds me of the Sponge Bob episode when Sandy hibernated. (does this mean squirrels don’t hibernate?)
Ha! Leave it to Spongebob to give kids the wrong ideas about things! Squirrels are active year round… my ever-emptying corn feeder will attest to that!
OMG!! Sponge …Bob…. was…. wrong… ? If we cant trust Mr Squarepants…?
This human squirrel nut seems to desire hibernating this winter, but my furry little friends look lively as ever! 🙂