10/08/2026
The old butternut tree at our Carla Carlson lost this monster branch a few years ago. Before the branch broke, the little red squirrel filled the very deep hole with black walnuts. That native tree by the west garden walkway is about 75 feet/ 23 meters from this butternut. One by one the teeny tiny red squirrel grabbed a black walnut and scampered across the driveway along the lawn and up the tree. Once up she/he deposited the precious walnut. Once the hole was overflowing, she then lined them up along every straight branch. It was a site to see. All the while she is fending off the grey squirrels so there is a lot of chattering, trilling and wild wiggly chases – on the ground and through the canopy. Butternuts are an Endangered Species under the Provincial Endangered Species Act.
