More Of The Black Squirrel

I think I may have gotten my best photo of a black squirrel, ever. This makes him look as cute as a little cartoon character. I always wondered when I was going to finally see a cute black squirrel. This is much better than the very sinister looking black squirrel I saw three months ago.

This is the same squirrel from yesterday's post. Now it's done eating it's acorn, and it's on its way up the tree. I was happy that it stopped long enough to prove to me that these little forest ninjas can be just as cute as any other squirrel. It's much better than looking like a sinister little vampire bat.

More Rat TV! He doesn't really move very much in this short video, but his tail is blowing in the wind. He moves his head just a little bit, but most of the movement is just the shaking camera. Still, a video helps nature come to life.

Here is the little black squirrel from when he first jumped back onto the tree. I wasn't prepared for him to do that, so my camera wasn't zoomed in very far yet.

This is when he must have heard me moving around from my hiding place, behind the tree. I suspect he already knew I was there anyway. I think that's why he kept stopping in one place for so long. It must have been his way of hiding. Maybe he thought he was too dark for me to se him if he didn't move.

I should have known when he looked in my direction that he was about to do something. Notice that in this picture the squirrel is a little blurry. That's actually a bit of motion blur because I caught him just as he was making his move to escape up the tree from the evil photographer.

Notice that he didn't squint before he moved.

And in the very next picture he was off and running! Up the tree he went! He thought he had gotten away, but I could still see him. I decided to play along since it was so clear that he had had enough of me, so I left him alone and moved along to my next adventure.

Since I dedicated two days on this little guy, I thought of giving him a name like I've done for other squirrels. But I don't really know what name I could give to one of these forest ninjas, black squirrels. I wonder if he feels left out. I guess I'll never know.

That's all folks!