It’s late winter, the ground
is frozen, and it #$%& COLD! The deep snow doesn’t help things either when
it comes to finding a food source. That’s when we take to the trees and start
stripping. That’s right we strip off as much as we need to get to get the job
done. We don’t usually take it all off just enough here and there to fill our
everyday needs.
So, if you’re interested in seeing
this late winter festivity, all you’ve got to do is come over to our
neighborhood forest and look up. There we’ll be, doing our thing, stripping in the
trees.
Now, of course, you really
didn’t think you would see someone actually stripping, did you? What you
will see is something being stripped. That’s right; the trees are being
stripped of their bark for the nutrients found under it. This is where the
trees grow from and the inner bark contains nutrients that can sustain us for
the rest of the winter - or at least until people start filling their bird
feeders again.
Yours truly,
Mr. Squirrel
