Photo taken: January 1, 2015
No matter what a person’s opinion may be of squirrels in general, one concession you can usually get out of even the most ardent sciurine hater is the fact that they’re a pretty cute critter. Of the thousands and thousands of photos I’ve taken that contain a squirrel, I seriously doubt any of them more perfectly and abundantly capture that innate cuteness of the species better than this closeup of a fellow I caught nibbling on a piece of corn in my oak tree. He’s got his winter fat and is totally rocking that extra fluffy cold weather coat. Oh, and of course he is smiling! He should be smiling. He’s fucking adorable, and he knows it…
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Wonderful pic! And they are adorable, no doubt about it.
Definitely. And it helps their case even more when they smile like this…
Great photo! So cute!
Thanks! This is about as cute as an American squirrel can get. I’d love to get a picture like this of one of your European squirrels…
I think he was ready for his close up photo shoot! So cute!
You take such great pictures I crown you king of squirrel photos! 🙂
There aren’t many other people who dedicate most of their photography to squirrels! I was accused once by a park worker who thought I was nuts of taking pictures of trees!
Looks like a perfect specimen to me too!
Pam
A squirrel’s squirrel. One of my happiest customers…
Look at that smile! Very cute.🐿
And it’s a genuine smile too! Not a smirk like most squirrels have…
He looks like a recent escapee from my flat feeder. I love the way they just sit there, scooping up the corn and munching until I finally stick my head out of the door and say “Hey, leave some for the other squirrels.” Then they drop over YOUR place.
They can never have enough. An All You Can Eat restaurant for squirrels would be put out of business in a matter of days. And if they actually get full, they’ll start hiding the rest of it to keep the others from eating THEIR treasure…
Hey dude, I’m trying to eat my lunch here…
At least he looks so polite telling me off…
I agree – this one is extra cute! I love how chubby they look with their winter coats and that smile is absolutely heart-melting.
That is the happiest little squirrel I’ve ever seen. Both cute and well fed!