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<blockquote data-quote="hark" data-source="post: 560287" data-attributes="member: 13196">Not a joke but something that happened this morning.I let my dogs outside in our fenced in yard. On the other side of the fence, and slightly behind me out of view, was a wren (a tiny bird) making a lot of commotion. I assumed it was chirping a warning because of letting the dogs out. A minute or so later, a squirrel went running across the top of the fence heading towards a telephone pole. He hopped from the fence he was on (chain link fence) to a vinyl fence when suddenly the wren went after him. Initially I thought it was a coincidence, but the wren quickly caught up to the squirrel, and as the wren approached the squirrel, it reached out with its feet and pushed that squirrel causing it to topple off the fence! Since it was a vinyl fence, I couldn't tell whether the squirrel made it to the telephone pole as it was three to four feet away when it got pushed off. I guess the squirrel got too close to the wren's nest but had no idea they'd go after an animal that way. It was surprising to see and definitely amusing to watch. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="hark, post: 560287, member: 13196"] Not a joke but something that happened this morning. I let my dogs outside in our fenced in yard. On the other side of the fence, and slightly behind me out of view, was a wren (a tiny bird) making a lot of commotion. I assumed it was chirping a warning because of letting the dogs out. A minute or so later, a squirrel went running across the top of the fence heading towards a telephone pole. He hopped from the fence he was on (chain link fence) to a vinyl fence when suddenly the wren went after him. Initially I thought it was a coincidence, but the wren quickly caught up to the squirrel, and as the wren approached the squirrel, it reached out with its feet and pushed that squirrel causing it to topple off the fence! Since it was a vinyl fence, I couldn't tell whether the squirrel made it to the telephone pole as it was three to four feet away when it got pushed off. I guess the squirrel got too close to the wren's nest but had no idea they'd go after an animal that way. It was surprising to see and definitely amusing to watch. ;) [/QUOTE]

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