The squirrel scampering along the top of the chain link fence.

We have a new garden visitor – and it has possibly been here for a while. The thing about it is, it’s really quiet. My mum is the one who discovered it, spotting it while she was watching the birds in the mango tree. You can imagine her disbelief when this new creature came into view for the first time…

Running along the wall and looking for a likely place to get up to the curry leaf tree above.

I wanted to see if it was a Plantain squirrel like the last one, but it was almost two weeks before I finally saw and got some photos of the squirrel. This time, it was busily darting all over our large curry leaf tree. I guess it was attracted to the berries on the tree, like most of the birds that visit our garden.

Running along rain-slick branches is not a problem for this squirrel!

It moved extremely fast and the lighting wasn’t good, so I wasn’t able to get a nice clear identifying shot of it. However, it seems to have the white stripe running down its sides, which Plantain squirrels have, but I was unable to determine if it has the distinctive orange underbelly. Oh well. I wonder where it came from and how it will affect the ecosystem here…

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