• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • WATCH NEWS
    • WHAT’S ON FOX
  • ABOUT
    • Meet Our Team
      • Our Journalists
      • Sales & Programming
    • Contact WSFX
      • Sales & Programming
  • Montford Point
  • Welcome Home

Fox Wilmington WSFX-TV

Wilmington, NC | Local news Weather and Sports

  • Local News
    • Unsung Heroes
      • Nominate an Unsung Hero
  • Local Weather
  • National
  • Sports
    • Carolina Panthers
    • Panthers Game Schedule
  • Politics
    • NC Voter Information
  • Health
  • Entertainment
    • What’s on TV?
  • MORE…
    • Technology
    • Science
    • Lifestyle
    • What’s Happening Wilmington

Man’s tiny picnic table for squirrels goes viral, prompts people in quarantine to build their own

April 4, 2020 By Alexandra Deabler

Since the photos were shared on social media, it has gone viral and sparked a movement with other Twitter and Facebook users.
(iStock)

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.

Just because we’re all at home isolating, doesn’t mean nature is.

A man built a tiny picnic table for the squirrels in his neighborhood to eat on — an idea that has charmed Twitter so much, people in quarantine all over the United States have started making their own tables for the woodland creatures in their area.

CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE

Rick Kalinowski, 43, from Bryn Mawr, Pa., told Caters News Agency that he built the picnic bench and placed it outside the living room window so he could “watch the squirrels each while I have my coffee every morning.”

Kalinowski also feeds the squirrels on the table.

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER

“I buy a variety of nuts and seeds for the squirrels along with fresh-cut fruit; it brings me happiness especially during these uncertain times,” he said. “The morning I made the video, the squirrels just looked so happy and cute eating.”

Since the photos were shared on social media, it has gone viral and sparked a movement with other Twitter and Facebook users — many of them sharing they were looking for ways to fill the time while quarantining at home.

FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE FOX LIFESTYLE NEWS

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

Building tiny tables for squirrels and other outdoor life is just another creative way people are spending time self-isolating.

Filed Under: National Headlines

Primary Sidebar

 

Follow Us On Facebook



TRENDING NOW

Here’s your chance to give back on #GivingTuesday

Brain teaser: Can you find 3 cats hidden in a sea of penguins?

Meet the congressional comeback kids: GOP lawmakers who left the House and returned to positions of power

Parents of 6 slain children speak out: ‘Absence of God,’ peer pressure, lack of strictness to blame

Police arrest two 18-year-olds who reportedly threatened workers with fully automatic handgun over membership

Military experts provide frank assessment of US shortcomings in potential China conflict

Footer

PUBLIC FILE INFO

Individuals with disabilities who have questions about the content of our public file or website may contact Isabella Gano by phone at
(910) 343-8826 or by email at Isabella.gano@foxwilmington.com

 
 » WSFX FCC Public File
»EEO Report
»Closed Captioning

SITE MAP

  • Local Headlines
  • Coronavirus
  • Local Weather
  • National Headlines
  • Sports
  • Politics
  • Health

WSFX TV

  • Livestream Newscast
  • Meet Our Team
  • Sales & Programming
  • WELCOME HOME
  • Go With The Pros
  • Medically Speaking
  • WHAT’S ON FOX

Copyright © 2023 · American Spirit Media LLC · WSFX TV · Wilmington NC · Terms of Service · Privacy Policy