Backyard Whodunit

Bob Eckstein

Location: New York City, New York,
Birthday: February 27

Title: Publisher of Today's Snowman.com

Bio: Snowman expert, author of The History of the Snowman and cartoonist for the New Yorker, Reader's Digest, Wall Street Journal and others. Twitter; snowmanexpert

MY RECENT POSTS

For the Old Gang
May 07, 2012 02:09PM
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March 31, 2012 02:27PM
My Visit Back to Open Salon Land
May 31, 2011 08:08PM
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December 08, 2010 01:04PM
Open Saloners in My Basement
November 06, 2010 03:21PM

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May 07, 2012 04:31PM
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April 28, 2012 07:09AM
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April 01, 2012 12:00AM
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March 31, 2012 09:08PM
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March 31, 2012 04:13PM

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Editor’s Pick

NOVEMBER 20, 2008 11:21PM

Rate: 13 Flag

"For days we have seen a squirrel run back and forth in front of our kitchen window with large pine cones in his mouth. I had no idea to where he was going...

"...until yesterday when Bob asked if I was planning some sort of art project in the back yard...

....nope not me...just some very tidy squirrel saving up for the winter..."

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Him is quite crazy!!!

The last shot is the one that defines a certain persnickety little industriousness.

Gary Justis

November 20, 2008 11:30 PM

Awww. I love this. What a clever little fellow he is. Of course he's going to have to hire some protection with his stash out in the open like that.

Susan Mitchell

November 21, 2008 09:40 AM

That's hysterical! Kinda reminds me of Hammy in "Over the Hedge."

Liz Emrich

November 21, 2008 01:03 PM

OMG OMG OMG OMG SQUIRREL!

Verbal Remedy AKA Denise

November 21, 2008 02:57 PM

Umm....it's only going to take one good puff of wind, or one too many pine cones, and the whole thing is going to result in major tragedy. Well, not major, but he'll have to get the bird house nailed back on and then gather the whole bunch together and...whew. To me that much effort is tragic.

MelissaK

November 21, 2008 04:28 PM

Nice photo-essay, Gary. Time to get ready for winter, I guess.

pat-on-mars

November 26, 2008 04:29 AM

Hope no one steals his stash. I just read an article in Wa Po that all the acorns are missing this year and the squirrels are starving. All - not just some states, but nation wide. Bizarre. None of the naturalists have a clue why. Looks like this guy has himself covered though - and he looks quite satisfied with himself too!

Cherie Siebert 'artsfish'

December 02, 2008 08:40 PM

Back on my terra firma, all the pecan trees - squirrels major source of grub over the winter - failed this year. Which means, really, they failed 2 years ago when the seeds were actually set after the blooms. One hurricane and one bad drought. There may have to be major drops of sunflower seeds and imported (not from China!) pecans to keep them alive over the winter. Acorns are plentiful, but these are truly spoiled squirrels.

pat-on-mars

December 04, 2008 01:08 AM

All gone!