First of the year!

Posted on by Brian Scott

February 17th – I’m talking about Red Squirrels and them allowing me to get a few shots, it’s not the first I’ve seen this year, that one was way too quick to escape as soon as it saw me but, today……

I was just about to stow the camera and move on when I caught a glimpse of red hopping behind the old Oak tree, it re-appeared on my right, heading for the “squirrel feeder post” and I had time to pull the camera back out of the holster, point, shoot, pull back on zoom, shoot …. gone!

As I was all fingers and thumbs and smiling like a loon, it actually spotted me and ran towards me before shooting up the tree.

I’m amazed that came out! As you can see, it was pretty close, that shot is un-cropped. I tried to follow it up the tree and along some branches but it was way too quick for me.

Am I happy? Most definitely. Not only did i get a few shots, the sun was actually shining! 🙂

Here’s to many more opportunities this year, it’s not the squirrel post for nothing you know 🙂

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16 thoughts on “First of the year!”

  3. Ah, it’s so cute! I love its tufted ears in the sunlight. Great shots! It’s snowing here this morning. They’re saying we’re going to get anywhere from 4-8 inches of snow here in the valley today. I’ll be out shoveling later.

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  9. You got some lovely front on shots Brian. We searched for them in the Scottish highlands and managed to find one in a National Park and catch a few shots, of which most were blurry as the little rascal ran. I love their bushy white tails.

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