My alarm clock this morning came in the form of a loud battle outside my window between at least one squirrel and some sort of adversary.

Once they discovered our bird feeder, a few squirrels made a nest in a tree just outside our yard. The past few days one or more of them have figured out how to get to my feeder (after months of trying), so I’m not exactly happy with them. Even so, I was a bit alarmed to hear such a ruckus at 6 o’clock.

I think I figured out how they’re stealing my birdseed but I’m most curious about this morning’s attack. There isn’t much that the squirrels fear, as far as I can tell. I don’t think the hawks hunt before light.

Once the sun comes up I’ll have to do some investigating.