Missing: presumed scheming

I had an appointment out at a site this morning which meant that I didn't get to see any squirrels around today doing any squirrelly things.  During the middle of the day they disappear which is quite disconcerting in it's own way. At least when they are visible you know for sure that they are planning and scheming.

Today was invasion of the students walking past the library and the guildhall the green was filled with students from all social stratas not just the emo/goths looking mournful on a freezing cold bandstand.

Bloody Students

My theory is that the students are an effect squirrel deterrent, they are noisy and they get up to allsorts, any squirrel worth his salt is not going to venture forth with shenanigans going on.

So what are the squirrels up to?

They  must be planning and scheming, I have no doubt of this; for it is what they do, in their drey, laying back; eating some nuts and listening to hip hop. I think they plot humorous ways to scam grannies out of their pensions and terrorise toddlers with there sharper-than-you-realise-teeth.

UPDATE:


Walking back to the car late this afternoon I spotted several of the little beasties.  One near the yew trees foraging for who knows what keeping a beady eye on passers by and probably reporting likely marks to his co-conspiritors. I did manage to get a picture of him, but he was a bit too far away for my iphone to work well.


Second blighter damned near blindsided me by one of the bins. I valiantly managed to not squeal like a girl.

Smug little squirrel

He taunted me a little while before darting across the path in front of me and daring me to chase.

Taunting Squirrel

I was not about to fall for that, it was surely an ambush planned and I've seen that movie. My suspicions were confirmed when I spotted another covert squirrel who was clearly back up.

Covert squirrel

I am so on to them.