Casper the Squirrel

This little cutie has become a daily visitor in our back garden so I decided he needs to be named. He will therefore from now on be known as Casper. Now Casper loves apple and last Sunday we watched him polish a quarter apple all in one go. This morning, I saw him running up and down Perky’s cage (Perky is the little Meyer’s Parrot with the crook foot). Perky was not very fazed by Casper’s antics – just sat on his perch watching Casper trying to find a way into his cage. I recon it was because the piece of apple I put out on the feeder tray yesterday was not there anymore and Casper obviously knows that Perky has some apple inside his cage. After Casper realized that he won’t be able to get into the cage, he returned to the feeder tray. He then must have seen that yesterday’s piece of apple fell off the tray onto the ground and ran down to grab it. He ran back up onto the tray with it and sat there finishing the apple. He then ran through the garden up to “Piérre se Plek” and sat there for a while, investigating the area. This photo of Casper on our feeder tray was taken by Melinda last week – isn’t he too cute for words? Thanks Mel – it is a lovely photo.