An avocado flew over the fence into my neighbor’s yard.
Okay, it wasn’t a whole avocado flying by itself. It was the skin of half an avocado, grasped in the mouth of a rapidly moving squirrel. The little tree rat must have dug it out of my compost bin.
I couldn’t believe my eyes, so I checked with the experts at The Squirrel Board. There I learned that squirrels do like avocadoes. I felt sceptical because my backyard squirrels are very finicky about vegetables and fruits. Only some will go for the carrots, broccoli or apples I’ve tested on them.
Iggy and I were suffering from an avocado surplus. Each of us independently brought home a bag of three avocadoes. So I felt fine about sacrificing one to a rodent experiment.
I cut one up into small chunks and deposited on the patio. Squirrels converged on the spot. Within fifteen minutes the patio had been licked clean. No evidence of the avocadopalooza remained.