It sounds as if you aren’t trying to be “friends” with them, and if that’s the case, good for you. Alluding to another thread regarding trying to tame wild animals, I’m glad you just feed them and that’s it.
Although gosh, I don’t know if I could be so…disciplined! I’d be naming them and taking their photo’s and having them eat from my hand 
omg 
Lovelove!
Oh my heart! 
I love this one!
Lookit their tiny little paw hands
We walk along the Roman Walk most days. There are quite a few squirrels, greys. We had the Reds when I grew up in Scotland. .
Pixie, I just want them to survive & have a normal squirrel’s life, but you can’t help becoming fond of them! 
Oh I know…I would be the same. I’d be marking their nail with nail polish in case they came back! or fixing little collars with bells on! (Kidding)
Lucky you! I don’t care what colour they are they still deserve to live and these 3 seem to have decided that my garden should be where they grow up!
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Lucky you! I don’t care what colour they are they still deserve to live and these 3 seem to have decided that my garden should be where they grow up![/quote]
Yes, I understand but spare a though for the Reds. The Greys were introduced in 1876 in America so fairly recently. In that space of time they have almost decimated the Reds.
I used to get a bollocking of my OH, I used to get too friendly with the lambs, especially the ones I had to feed as they needed extra or their mothers couldn’t be bothered with them. I had them all named and they came running when they saw me. One in particular I called Leo and I became his mum, he followed me everywhere, I refused to let him go to market and kept him till he died naturally.
I received dire warnings about it happening again. 
It hasn’t happened again…Yet. 
This is why I could never work on a farm…it must be so heartwrenching to see the ones you “saved” going off to the market. At least you had Leo though. 
I love seeing rescue videos on YT about little baby animals growing up with humans - especially kids.
I don’t imagine you could! I grew up on a farm. We had sheep, cattle, and chicken. That’s different - you don’t engage with them as you would domestic animals or pets. Part of life I suppose.
I grew up in the North East…I had cows and sheep outside my window. I had names for them and walked through their fields daily. 
Back on the squirrels. There was a big park where we lived - Houghton Hall park. It had black squirrels there.
I haven’t seen a black squirrel? Mind you I have only ever seen one red one ever, so…there’s that.
There’s a park close by me where people hand feed the squirrels and they are as brave as anything, just sitting on fences waiting to be fed (the squirrels, not the people!)
They are absolutely gorgeous.
Thanks for sharing. 
