Squirrels
European red squirrel, northern Germany. We live right next to a park, where a tree grows partially over our balcony, so the little one can safely come and go. Over the past weeks she's gotten more curious and has been exploring every corner of the balcony, she's also gotten more comfortable with our presence. A few days ago we were having tea outside and she joined us briefly, so we put out some hazelnuts and she returned immediately from her lookout on the tree.  First she checked from a safe distance.  She then brought the nuts into several hiding spots around and returned again, at this point she really started to muster us. She then made a big jump right on to our table, ran across it until she sat 30cm in front of my girlfriend and stared right into the camera, that's where we took the title picture. The photo is slightly out of focus because she ran up to us so boldly, we couldn't turn the zoom down quickly enough. After that photo we put the camera down, to enjoy the moment more, she ran around us a little bit and then retreated back to her tree. It seems like we made a friend that day, she comes by periodically, we bought more nuts and although she is careful around us, she accepts our presence. We can move slowly and also talk normally, just fast movements makes her a little skittish. So greetings from Hazel to all of you, we wish you and your squirrel friends a merry autumn!
Silly little muddy paws of cuteness
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20047190 > Yes! In places. Aberdeen is nearly grey free! The strategy seems to be push that line southwards. Tayside and Dundee has to be next, but the map on the page clearly indicates a chance of defending in the borders too. Great Sunday read for us all
Squirrelly rodent on the McGill campus. Montréal, Québec, Canada
Source: https://ohai.social/@JimsPhotos/112973237502782330
Source: https://chaos.social/@artologica/112898272312418376
cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/15188182 > Video footage shows a rare white squirrel roaming the streets of a UK town. > > In the footage, posted to Facebook by Maria Smith, the white squirrel is seen circling the pavement, perhaps looking for crumbs, before running off down the road.
This is the first time I've found a squirrel sitting in the tray. They usually sit on the countertop to eat. This is also smaller than most of our brown squirrel customers.
Crossposted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/19166266
Crosposted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15174637
Love when they lay flat like this
My favorite squirrel buddy and me. She's definitely the most friendly and gentle of the bunch.
Today in our garden, enjoying an apple in the sun :)
I mean it's freezing out so i wasn't too worried and may tell the landlord about it when it was warmer but my only concern is, is that insulation safe for him to nest in? He spends a lot of time scratching at himself with his back paws and I worry it's irritation or something. Also it looks like he may have torn open the duct or something at some point. It's interesting watching him but I'm just not sure if it's safe for him to be living in there
Oh baby a quadruple!!
Who you looking at?!
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This squirrel is my favorite, she's super friendly and easily recognizable by her short tail