What lovely squirrels! Ours are not striped. Just brown or gray. We feed ours black oil sunflower seeds. Thanks for a lovely photo,.

Finally! I've managed to register. Hi All

That looks a LOT like one of our Chipmunks, a type of Ground Squirrel. These are found ALL over North America.

Looks like a little chipmunk. We have lots of those here.

Janet!!!!

Are you going to join us on the Sudoku pages as well? Most of the chit-chat takes place on "Easy" there.

I would say chipmunk too! Hi Janet!

Welcome Janet-- glad you are here!!

Janet! So good to have you here in sudokuland and vicinity!
This little critter is what my dad called a ground squirrel and he knew everything. Sp cute and small -- somewhere between the size of a mouse or a rat but no ugly naked tail.
Another good photo, Keyan!

That's "so" cute for the sticklers among us (such as I).

Welcome Janet. Keyan, did you leave the nut out on purpose for the squirrel (like I do here for the birds). I didn't know that squirrels were even in India, goes to show you learn something every day in Jigsaw land

Great fun, thanks Keyan!

I recognize him as a ground squirrel, or chipmunk, too. Those little critters do get around, don't they? And now, I'm going to be hearing Alvin and the Chipmunks in my head all day, LOL!

How cute. Good one Keyan.

Janet.

Chipmunks/ground squirrels live in Iowa, too, but they don't have so much tail. This little one looks like the result of some kind of crossbreeding between a chipmunk and a tree squirrel, which are also brown but no stripes. My aunt called chipmunks 'peanuts', because of their body shape. I like that idea, so instead of Alvin and co., I think Charlie Brown!

The little creature is called a three stiped palm squirrel and is very much beloved in India. And here is more:
In religion and mythology
Squirrels are considered sacred in India and are not to be harmed. They are even fed by many Hindu families. This is mainly because of their More...

PS everybody for the birthday wishes -- it's been a blast!

Wow Judy! I just learned a lot.

Now for the Kentucky side of things (and there may be a connection, Karma-wise). Here, Rednecks LOVE to hunt and eat squirrels. A favorite delicacy is the brain. But squirrels here carry a prion in their brain similar to Mad Cow Disease, and when the yokels eat them, they get this nasty, incurable disease. See? Karma!

Oh, Heidi, you are one in a million -- what a riot you are, girl! Thanks for the Karma story, I think you're right. What's that cute avatar? Even with my glasses on I can't make it out!

It's one of my fish... a black and blue Betta that I'm showing in the KY State Fair next month.

Whoa, it's a beauty! Good luck, I bet you'll win a ribbon!

What an education. (I'm sounding like a brocken record!) Thanks for the lookup, Judy. And did I miss your birthday??? I'm terrible about forgetting to check those out every day. Heidi, your fish is amazing. I hope you take home the blue.

Judy, here's my belated birthday greetings, and a nice cake for you....

Great puzzle and isn't he a cutie! A day late - 15 July 2008