Little Visitor in our Garden

[LaFoto]

These European Red Squirrels (smaller than their American grey or black counterparts) are extremely skittish and in no way near as tame as the American squirrels are. I had to take these through the glass of the back door. And as soon as it saw me behind the door, it was gone in a flash.

 

[Dagwood56]

He is so cute! I love the ear tufts! And that tail! His tail is much more full than his gray relatives also. Really nice shots. You're lucky you are able to get a decent photo through the door glass, my house has old glass in the windows and it has a bit of a cloudiness to it which really makes it impossible for me to get shots of the birds and squirrels at my feeders.

 

[LaFoto]

Well, I feared the fact that my windows aren't the cleanest for most of the time would show much, but thankfully if doesn't .
The European Red Squirrel is a lot smaller than its American cousin, too, and yes, aren't their tails and ear tufts cute?

 

[Overread16 4]

awww a red!
and no tail clipping at all - not a single hair missed
lovely to see on running around wild - we get so few in the UK these days

 

[scarfy]

what kind of camera did you use to shoot these? great stuff.

 

[LaFoto]

Just my Rebel XT and the (faulty ) Sigma DG Macro 70-300mm... Nothing special.

 

[Antarctican]

Nicely done! You really get a sense of how skittish and alert it is by its posture. (Sooo cute too). And the colour is gorgeous

 

[wgp1987]

lol thats what kramer from seinfeld would look like if he were a squirrel

 

[lockwood81]

Very cute little guy. I like his ears, much different than our American ones.