Yesterday’s photo is a really hard act to follow, and today was a normal day with the usual activity of trying to not get clobbered by that white mare.
I have a variety of bird feeders at home with a variety of food, and in particular this lovely peanut ball. A new addition for the woodpeckers that seemingly have no interest, which has given this squirrel ample opportunity to figure out how to get to it. It took about a week, but sure enough, with his little legs on the branch and hanging upside down he can get his snack.
I watched this fat little squirrel on other birdy goodies, and sometimes he decides to jump on full force and inevitably falls off.
As you can see, it doesn’t take much to entertain me. Nothing like having my own Cirque du Soleil in my backyard.
Categories: 2013 Project 365, Nature
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 
Ha! – Great Captures:)
Thanks Renee ! I laughed my head off when I saw him fall off the square, but what a great save!
They can come and visit me too, more than welcome. Nice series.
They are nice and fat Bente, great eating. Squirrel Stew?
How fun! I love this little squirrel guy. Great photos!
Thanks Loni ! It is such a blast watching them. Sometimes I burst out laughing out loud with the things they do.
Adorable and irritating (-; i yell at mine, ha!
LOL ! Funny Janet – I do go out and lecture them as they aren’t quite as afraid of me as they used to be. It doesn’t seem to work.
Funny little creatures, aren’t they? Love your photos, Emily. I can just imagine you sitting watching, with camera poised. 🙂
Um…guilty as charged Sylvia. 🙂
I loved this! So much fun to see 🙂
I’m guessing you have your own acrobats at home right?
Treadmill in the Living room with weights, yoga mat, and a exercise ball. Sort of an acrobat space 🙂
Totally an acrobat space Judy ! Oh to be a fly on the wall. 🙂
Coming home and looking at this sweety just makes me chuckle. Thanks for sharing this creature. 🙂
It is my pleasure. Funny I didn’t realize just how fat my squirrels are until I saw some in the park the other day. Man they’re FAT !!
Your photos are great, you got to love their high energy and flying leaps!
But last Friday, as I was painting in my studio, I kept hearing banging out on the porch area. Finally I couldn’t stand it any longer and went out to investigate. Well wouldn’t you know a squirrel had decided to make a nest inside the down spot of our gutter AND was chipping off wood from our porch floor. It took us a bit of time to get the guy out – but he ate into it for about $300.
I love the little guys, from a distance. Still, I had a smile and enjoyed your shots.
Indeed, we do love and hate them. This is a crazy story, and silly squirrel getting him tucked away in your gutter. Ours run across our awnings like they are trampolines and have been seen chewing on the edges. Not good… I keep telling the cats to catch them, but they’re too lazy to.
Such a love-hate relationship with those creatures. Most of the time I feel nothing but love . . . and then there are those few times. We hear them early in the morning running full speed across the roof, it’s hillarious – three of them playing together.
Determination and courage. We could learn a great deal from our fellow travelers…
LOL ! Yes, we can Rebecca. They just persevere until they get what they want.
A very good trait – especially when it comes to food!!!! 🙂
There are people who build obstacle courses in their backyards for the squirrels to navigate in order to get to food. Squirrels are fun to watch, that’s for sure.
Now why haven’t I thought of that ? That would be awesome to see. Bet there are some videos on youtube.
I won’t take that bet, I’m almost positive that you’ll find some!
So lovely photos – squirrels are so wonderful, but a little pirate in the garden…. 😉
They are little devils, those cute tree rats. 🙂
They are tricky… and very cute.
True, they are too smart for their own good.
great 🙂 such a lovely little guy!
Yes, my squirrels are spoiled. I even have a heated bucket of water in the winter so they always have water to drink.
amusing little things.. Seems so smart and teasing at times..Great pictures.
Thank you so much. I agree, they are so very entertaining.
Aww… Great series of photos. Cute factor is a 10. 🙂
I do love my squirrels. So happy to bring a smile to your face.
An adorable thief 🙂 Great set Emily!
You have to admit, hard to get angry at such a cute little bugger. Thanks Madhu!
Love this post! This is my daily entertainment, too. It’s better than TV!
Should we start worrying about ourselves then? That we find squirrels running around totally fascinating?
Really nice series!! He’s adorable! 🙂
Oh they are so cute.
Ah this cheered me up! I love ‘squiggles’ as I call them (love the motion they make when they run and caper…very liquid and flowing) – I had 2 run across in front of me on my walk to work this morning, and one of them narrowly escaped being flattened by a bicycle…phew. i have a new camera, and I cant wait to be able to capture one on some shots.
I LOVE my flying rats!!
Haha me too!
Fantastic captures, so comical, I think my squirrels are related to yours today lol!