Aaaaack!!!

I am traumatized.

I think there is a DEAD SQUIRREL in my birdfeeder.

HOW did it get in there? I'm sure it wasn't there yesterday afternoon -- and I don't THINK it was there this morning. But it's there now.

The feeder (which you may remember from an earlier post) has a hinged roof that lifts up so you can fill it with birdseed. This week the birds and squirrels have been going completely bonkers for it -- especially the squirrels. They were tearing through the food at rates I had not yet seen. I would go out to chase the squirrels off and they'd be right back up there, not a minute later.

I guess one of them got too greedy for its own good. And I am very upset and freaked out by it. I don't like that the squirrels eat all the food and make such a big mess, but I am not anti-squirrel at all in general. I certainly don't wish them any harm. It makes me very sad that one appears to have died in my bird feeder!

Did it somehow open the lid and climb in there, then get bonked on the head when the lid fell back down?

Did it get in there and eat all the food and die from gluttony?

I really have no idea.

I went out and opened the lid with a broom handle, just in case the squirrel was simply snoozing. But it doesn't seem to have moved at all.

Boy, I can't wait until Marty gets home.