It's Squirrel Sunday Again

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Looks like it's #squirrelsunday again, prepare for cuteness
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Here is the first squirrel chilling on a branch in the sun. This is their warmup method in the morning.

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This one looks like its going back inside it's tree hollow home to keep warm.

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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...

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Some of them can pose nicely for photos and will let you really close before jumping away.

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This one was posing nicely then when I clicked the shot it decided to turn away quickly. Some are just shy I guess.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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



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so cute ☺️

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They have the cute factor going for them and sometimes people bring them treats for being cute.

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You always show amazing photography.

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Thanks, the squirrels are entertaining to photograph.

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Yeah it's clearly visible in this picture of yours

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Some people have raised them as pets if they find them as babies usually when a tree falls down.

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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.

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Some people here hunt the squirrels for food they say it tastes like rabbit or chicken.

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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 :)

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They like to sunbathe in the morning to get warm. Or maybe they need vitamin d...

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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.

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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.

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