Squirrel, Avissawella home garden, Sri Lanka.

I felt thirsty hence the visit.

A sqirrel collecting material for a nest, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Squirrels are a constant presence in our garden. This one with half its tail missing is a very aggressive character. She is seen carrying material to build her nest.

Mango fruit and squirrel, Avissawela, Sri Lanka.

The first mango fruit in our garden being consumed with relish by a squirrel.

Squirrel searching for material to build a nest.

It is April now and is the nesting season for squirrels. The males have their testicles coming out of the abdomen into the scrotum. They pair off and search jointly for building material for nests. They strip off the dried fiber of plantain trunks. Here you see one of stripping the fiber from a plantain trunk it in the first picture. The second picture shows a squirrel picking up sticks for the nest. I took this picture in late March 2009.