Yesterday I let Freya out of the run (after locking the Guineas in their pen) and she immediately ran to this tree and started jumping up an down.

I looked up to find this rodent apparently stuck on a branch.

From researching it on the web, I am pretty sure this is a groundhog.

Well, after bringing Freya in the house for about an hour, he still had not come down, so I figured he must be stuck. Being the kind soul I am, I got out the ladder (and some heavy leather gloves) and climbed up there. He was quite alive and a little upset at me, but using a small stick I was able to encourage him to leave the tree, and I was able to get him on the other side of the fence (where it would be harder for Freya to bother him).

Lucky for him I didn’t see this first.