Squirrel Friends

todays squirrel friends shot of the day

Common RedPoll 2

Here is another shot of the Common RedPoll male bird.

Common RedPolls

These little birds are so colorful this time of the year, specially the males.

Slip sliding away

Living in the Land of Ice and Snow, has it's disadvantages for sure. I stepped off the front porch this afternoon and really took a bad fall. My left shoulder took the brunt of the fall and my weight. I'm hurting big time this evening.

Happy Valentines Day

All the squirrels here on the Permafrost Ranch want to wish all my female friends a Happy Valentines Day. May all your hearts wishes come true.

Hey Dad, where is the good stuff.

Sometimes I swear they know if they come to the window I'll bring them out pecans to eat. This little girl comes up to the window and looks at me, and I can just see it in her face. Don't anyone ever try to tell me they are not smart little creatures.

Bottom fell out of the Thermometer

It's been a long cold spell in the interior and the great Tanana Valley. I thought yesterday that we were slowly working our way out of the deep cold, but upon awakening this morning. The thermometer on the front porch read a cool -50 F. It's a deep biting cold that works it's way into everything. No matter what one does, it just makes it hard to do. Whether it be the drive into work or the grocery store. It affects equipment and cars and you. Everyone is bundled up and in the ice fog that comes with this deep cold, we all look like the Pillsbury doughboy in shape or the Michelin man. Nonetheless the little squirrels here on the Permafrost Ranch come to the feeders for something to eat. It doesn't seem to slow them down, and as I watch them through the window from the warmth of my office it never ceases to amaze me that they survive in these temps.

News Miner Blog Roll

Our local Daily News Miner of Fairbanks just completed a remake of their web page recently. It's got a new section of a group of blogs from the local area. The Squirrel Chatter is included but I thought I would post a link for others to enjoy.

http://newsminer.com/blogroll/

Here is a picture of the New Miner Article that featured the Great Alaskan Red Squirrel Cam

My Back Office Door

It's very cold here as you all know, and I've got a glass door on my office. When the temperatures are like this it makes me wonder why I installed it at times.

Frosty Red Squirrels of Alaska 4

Frosty Red Squirrels of Alaska and he's really frosty.

Colder Than Siberia

-48.5 this morning here on the Permafrost Ranch, Diane M sent this picture in of a flyer on the feeder last night.

Frosty Red Squirrels of Alaska 3

It's been extremely cold here at the Permafrost Ranch. This little frozen buddy is trying to fuel up against the cold.
One picture was sent in by Charles(gunrunner) He catches more squirrels on the feeder than almost anyone.

Alaskan Cold Snap

It sure hasn't warmed much since this morning... It's cold here on the Permafrost Ranch.

Alaskan Cold Snap

I awoke this morning to the temperature gauge showing -47.2 F here on the Permafrost Ranch.

Cold snap

It's cold here this morning. At 4:30 AM it's -42 degrees F.

Alaskan Squirrels

I have two types of squirrels who come to my feeders. The Red Squirrel and the Northern Flying Squirrel

Squirrel Friends

I love my little squirrel here on the ranch. Here is a little cute female

Screen Capture on Cam 2

Gunrunner in my chat room on WyldRyde is always capturing screen shots of the squirrels he sees on the camera. Here is one of todays captures. Thanks

Frosty Red Squirrels of Alaska 2

We have had a spell of cold weather and I enjoy watching my little Red Squirrel Friends here on the Permafrost Ranch. Taking pictures of those little cold faces from the warmth of my office window is one of the best parts of my day. I hope it brings pleasure and wonderment to those of you who read this blog. Life in Alaska can be hard during the long periods of cold and dark. Watching the little squirrels that come to my feeders is one of the bright spots of my world. I sometimes forget to count my blessings that are given to me, my family, my friends, and the social networks I hang out in on the internet. Thanks for the support and kind words so many send my way through those networks and this blog.

Frosty Red Squirrels of Alaska

Here is a picture of one of the Frosty Red Squirrels here on the Permafrost Ranch in North Pole Alaska. It is amazing how they survive in this cold.

Northern Flying Squirrels

The Flyers have been frequenting the feeders a great deal here lately. Specially, the Cam 2 feeder being it's more protected from the predators of the night as compared to Cam 1. Here is a shot of a little sweetheart from last night when it was so cold. As it is today here on the Permafrost Ranch, it's 1:00PM and it's -32 Degrees F.

Permafrost Ranch Squirrels 2

Here is (Short Tail) that's what I call this little Northern Flyer who visits my feeder. It's lost most of it's tail, and I'm sure that makes it hard for this little one to navigate through the trees with such a short rudder. Being they use those tails to help in gliding through the woods. This little squirrel is a regular at the feeding stations.

The Wood Stove

Living here in the Great Land, has it's own burning issues. Such as stoking the wood stove. It seems this time of the year it's a chore that takes up more and more of my time. The problem is my hands, and arms catch the brunt of it. I'm always burning my self. Nothing really bad just little burns where I happen to touch the sides of the stove when filling it. In keeping the stove hot during the night means that I awake when the house cools off enough for the thermostat to kick on the furnace. Over the years, it's been my wake up call to get up and stoke the wood stove. That's usually when I happen to burn myself in that sleepy half awake stage of stumbling into the living room pushing in the logs of birch and spruce. Then returning to sleep is the major burning issue and those little burns I acquired make it almost impossible until the pain subsides.

Permafrost Ranch Squirrels

Permafrost Ranch Squirrels here on www.thesquirrelcam.com

Punk Rocker of the Squirrel World

Punk rocker of the Permafrost Ranch.

Greetings From the Great Land

Here is one of my little buddies saying hello to everyone.

Snow Fall

We have had a snow drought, this winter and last, but in the last week, we have had plenty of snow fall. It's something we have to deal with, and here in the interior of Alaska once the snow falls, it doesn't leave until breakup. So, now it's up to me to make sure the sheds and even the house roof is cleared. The first picture is the snow fall on the cam2 feeder for 17 Jan 08 and the second is the snow fall last night on the 20 Jan 08.

Sunday Morning Sidewalk 2

Here is what the sidewalks look like this morning here in my part of the world.

Sunday Morning Sidewalk

Do you remember that song by Johnny Cash, "Sunday Morning Sidewalk" Sitting here drinking my first cup of coffee, and that song is on my mind. I awoke with the tune running through my head. I was looking through our local paper and the employment ads. There is not much employment to be found, then I noticed a article saying the seasonal unemployment stats for Alaska is up running over 6.5%. We always run higher than the rest of the nation. If one lives out side of the metropolitan areas of our larger cities finding a job is even harder. Lord I wish I was stoned.

Squirrel Sightings

A buddy of mine on the Internet, named Charles must watch the squirrel cams at www.thesquirrelcam.com a great deal. He's always sending me screen captures of one of the cams. He sees more squirrels than most, because I've had others write to me complaining they have never seen one of the illusive red squirrels much less the even more hard to catch northern flying squirrels. Here is just one of the pictures Charles sent to me yesterday.

Internet Speeds on the Permafrost Ranch

Well after two days of having problems with the audio stream on Ustream.tv, amazingly yesterday the connection speed improved. It's a miracle, because according to ACS there wasn't any problems with this the two days before when it sounded to my listeners that the conversations were in slow speed. Remember the old record players of our youth. When we could slow down or speed up the records by using the different rotational speeds. Maybe ACS is playing with the switch on the internet ;-)

Internet Connection Speed Rant

I don't know what the average consumer pays for a medium speed dsl line from Alaska Communication System. I pay an average of over 100 dollars a month. As many of you know, I stream over the Internet on Ustream.tv and here lately my stream lags considerably. It makes my stream unintelligible on the receiving end. When you do a speed test to ACS in Anchorage where the servers are, the speed level is fine. It's the next leg down to the Lower 48 where my real market for my content is that the speed falls to undesirable levels. We pay the highest price for such services and yet it fails to live up to the promise of the broadband Internet. Why is Alaska's cost for services consistently higher than the lower continental states? ACS fails to provide any measurable benefit for the extra cost that we pay and the service falls below what is consistently available elsewhere. In fact Chris Pirillo was streaming from a tour boat in the Hawaiian Islands this last week and his stream was better than mine. It's the same old song and dance for Alaskans. Whether it be in fuel prices or consumer goods and services. The consumer is short changed for the price we pay.

Frosty Whiskers

Here is a couple of shots of my frosty little buddy, here on the Permafrost Ranch. Living in the far north, we are expecting extreme cold weather the next few days.

Frosty Snack at the Feeder

It never ceases to amaze me how the little squirrel that inhabit this land of ice and snow survive. Here is a shot of my little buddy snacking at the feeder this afternoon.

Flyers at the feeder Jan 08

Every night the flyers visit the feeders here on the Permafrost Ranch. They are such a pleasure to watch, but capturing them with a camera is tricky. They spook really easy and when they see me at the window. They quickly take off. I've yet to be able to get close to one of them even after years of trying. I can get a red squirrel to eat from my hand with time, but these little ones are something else to try and get close to. Is there anyone else out there who have been able to get close enough to hand feed.

2008 New Years Day

Happy New Years from all us Squirrels here on the Permafrost Ranch

Happy New Years

Happy New Years from all us Squirrels here on the Permafrost Ranch.

Merry Christmas 2007

I just want to wish all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all us squirrels here on the Permafrost Ranch.

Here is an example of what happens when a cup of hot water is thrown into the air at -39 F

I finally found it.

The Pot at the end of the Rainbow, I finally found it.

Chris Pirillo Giveaway

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I Farted on santa's lap

hahahha

Here Comes Another Bubble - The Richter Scales

Check this out and isn't it the truth.

Santa Squirrel Live

tengrrl on http://www.wyldryde.org/ IRC Network in the chat room #chris did this priceless picture for me. I just wanted to remind everyone, Santa will be streaming live on December 9th - 15th at 8:00 PM EST for one hour on http://ustream.tv/ Please stop buy and in the chat room say hello to Santa. He will return the greeting and don't forget get the kids. Santa will wish them a Merry Christmas if you type their name in the chat room.

Going Home

Land of the High Noon Moon

Isn't it strange, the Land of the Midnight Sun in the winter turns into the Land of the High Noon Moon.

Happy Holiday

Happy Turkey Day all

Happy Holiday

I just wanted to wish all a happy holiday from all us squirrels here on the Permafrost Ranch, please stop by the web site and maybe click on a google add or two. or buy a calendar, t-shirt and support the squirrels here on the ranch. Thanks for all your support over the last year. If it wasn't for you, the Great Alaskan Red Squirrel Cam would not be here.

Christmas Gifts

If your looking for a unique Christmas Present, why not try one of the Great Alaskan Red Squirrel Calendars. You can find them on the squirrel cams web page at http://www.thesquirrelcam.com/calendar.html

Hurry up and order in time to get yours before Christmas.

I know all the squirrels here on the Permafrost Ranch will thank you.

Boreal Chickadee

The light is right for some bird shots early in the morning shortly after sunrise.

Squirrely Holloween

This is spooky, I saw a red squirrel out on the feeder yesterday evening at around midnight. Now, that is very unusual to see one out in the middle of the night. He must have been getting ready for holloween.

Squirrely Monday

There has always been some reason I've hated Monday mornings, like school, then work, and this morning. The car wouldn't start. It dropped off to -4 this morning here on the Permafrost Ranch. I got a good crop going in this year. Just ask my little buddy here, if she thinks the same.

Remembering Chief David Salmon

I awoke this morning looking out the window to a glowing light from the sunrise. A golden light color from the clouds and fog that had enveloped the dark green on the boreal forest here on the Permafrost Ranch. Sitting here in my chair thinking of todays events to come with a memorial to Chief David Salmon and remembering the past.

The year was 2007, it was July and the out look for the weather that day was Rain, Windy and Cold. The Midnight Sun Intertribal Powwows second day events were about to begin. The morning had been just as predicted, cold wet and windy. Chief David Salmon was on hand for the days activities. Knowing Bob Maquire had a Athabascan Rain Chaser, I asked if Chief David would use it to chase the rain away. He agreed, and soon was in the circle explaining about what he was going to do. He made small joke about the rain chaser he was using. I guess it didn't have the correct end to hang on to attached, but nonetheless he commenced to swing the rain chaser in the four directions and said a prayer to chase the cold and rain away. There wasn't many people there in the stands, and people were just starting to filter in the gate. Still, you just got to believe it will work, that's what Chief David Salmon had just said about the rain chaser. You got to believe.

Believe it, or not within 10 to 15 minutes after his prayer and the swinging of the Rain Chaser. The clouds lightened and begin to lift, the sun came out and within an hour the weather turned warm and beautiful. We had a great Powwow that year and that day was so special.

Remembering that day, the day Chief David Salmon chased the Rain Away.

Just checking In

I just dropped in to see what condition your condition is in.

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