Squirrel applies for duck feeding position

Being gone overnight, I was a little concerned that the two ducks and squirrel I have been feeding would feel neglected.

I began feeding them when I discovered the squirrel had nibbled his way into the plastic container I bought to store birdseed.  He trashed the deck with bits of blue plastic and sunflower seed hulls while the ducks sat below him waiting,  hopefully, to eat any seeds he dropped.

After buying a nice glass jar with a metal lid to store the seeds in I figured they were now in a safe waterproof place where I was the sole decider of who would eat when.  I fully intended to be generous about doling them out and even drew a squirrel on the front label along with the word, squirrel carefully printed in large block letters.

There was no need for me to worry while absent.  Evidently the squirrel can read and duly lifted the lid, helped himself to the seeds then strung another couple of jaw fulls out to the ducks, if the deck is any indication.

I came home and swept seeds of every shape and size off the deck furniture and floor before replacing the lid on the jar.