Looks like it's #squirrelsunday again, prepare for cuteness
Here is the first squirrel chilling on a branch in the sun. This is their warmup method in the morning.
This one looks like its going back inside it's tree hollow home to keep warm.
Here is one on the ground searching for some buried treasure of walnuts or acorns. Now if only it could remember where it buried them...
Some of them can pose nicely for photos and will let you really close before jumping away.
This one was posing nicely then when I clicked the shot it decided to turn away quickly. Some are just shy I guess.
Here is a shy one that doesn't want to get caught raiding the neighbor's yard. If I sit really still on this fence the humans will think I am a branch.
Black walnuts are their main source of food. They have to chew through quite a bit of green material and the thick shell to get to the walnuts. Fortunately this helps keep their teeth trimmed down and the green husk has good anti-parasitic properties in it so they end up deworming themselves while eating their normal food.
Now for something completely different. This poor rabbit doesn't know whether is should freeze or bolt off somewhere. This gave me a good opportunity to focus in on its face. I went out looking for squirrels and found a bonus rabbit.
Now for a sad little critter. This is a vole and I always see them darting around the prairie lands just out of the corner of my eye. I suspect this one might have darted into a bike path right as a biker was riding by and got run over. Poor thing, at least now I can see more clearly what these little guys look like. They run so fast and the camera can only catch them as a blur at best. I'm sure some crow or hawk will be by to pickup a free vole lunch later on.
That's all for this #squirrelsunday
so cute ☺️
They have the cute factor going for them and sometimes people bring them treats for being cute.
You always show amazing photography.
Thanks, the squirrels are entertaining to photograph.
Yeah it's clearly visible in this picture of yours
Some people have raised them as pets if they find them as babies usually when a tree falls down.
Yeah, because they look so cute.
But in our place they are all in a hurry to be killed, because they disturb the fruit of the residents.
Some people here hunt the squirrels for food they say it tastes like rabbit or chicken.
It was more enjoyable to read what you wrote than to look at the photos. Funny and fluid. I didn't know they were shaken to warm up :)
They like to sunbathe in the morning to get warm. Or maybe they need vitamin d...
Absolute Awesome Squirrel 🐿️ Shots!
I have them here in the yard, impossible to photograph without a zoom. If you get close they just bounce away in branches or whatever - and chattering all the way!
Have an Awesome Upcoming Week!
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The only way to get them would be to somehow put a voice command on your phone to take a photo with a bunch of peanuts in front of it. Then when the squirrel comes close enough yell the photo command and get a shot.
That is a absolutely Awesome Idea!
Thanks a lot!
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It will be raining here until Mid-Week...
But I think I may try it afterwards...
And hope it works because "this" phone takes a long time to shoot a pic.
Thanks again and have a Great upcoming week!
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aww so cute!! love the angle and details.