no squirrel left behind

Thanks to Susan Millard-Schwarz (via HuffPost) for passing along this very cute and poignant video about a young squirrel who gets some much-needed and patient help from an older member of the family, as well as a couple of very sympathetic men:

As Susan mentioned in her email, "They really do need us!"  And what a cool thing, to see a couple of young guys take time out of their day to help a little animal, and rodent no less.  As Matthew Scully would say, these are the real men, who show compassion to other creatures in need.  Credit also goes to Aldrin Gamos who produced the video, with some stellar musical accompaniment I might add.

Be sure to catch Susan's post "Always to Love" if you can as well.  And while we're on the subject of squirrel aide, here are a couple of beautiful shots from Jackie Pointer, no stranger to helping her local fauna when food supplies are low (copyright):