A Welcoming Squirrel

When I came upon this squirrel he seemed so happy to see me. He came running up and quickly began posing for pictures. You can see the big happy smile on his little face. This is how many of the animals greet me when they see me with my camera.

I've been mentioning this for the past few days that the animals come running when they see me. They really do sometimes. I don't even bait them with food or anything like that. Go back and look in my archives to see even more proof of this. Some have even literally climbed up my legs. Those were not little animals like this squirrel either.

Many of you remember those. It was about six friendly raccoons, and I had to run about half a mile to get away from them. They were no danger. I just didn't want them to follow me out near the street, so I ran deep into the park to get away.

Here is the squirrel standing there in a thoughtful pose, gazing out into the forest. He was really taking his job seriously. He must have heard what Flynn the famous squirrel did about a year ago and he wanted to try and duplicate it. But there's no duplicating Flynn. He's one of a kind.

And there he is in a more serious pose. What a ham! Squirrels are the little actors of the forest. These guys will do anything for attention. Unless you're a dog. Woof! They don't like dogs much. I do.

Okay, that's enough of this nonsense for today. I'll be back soon with something amazing. I have pictures of space aliens! Just kidding. But I will be back soon. And I do have pictures of... something.


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