Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: American Red Squirrel

We came across this little Red Squirrel when we were on a walk at Bebo Grove, in Fish Creek Park, on 20 February 2014. Not much in the way of birds to be seen, and the light was really bad for photos, so I was surprised that this photo came out well enough. "The diet of these tree squirrels is specialized on the seeds of conifer cones. As such, they are widely distributed across North America wherever conifers are common, except on the Pacific coasts where they are replaced by Douglas Squirrels. Recently, American Red Squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) have been expanding their range to include primarily hardwood areas." From Wikipedia. www.flickr.com/photos/annkelliott/13379941744

Very often, my photos of Red Squirrels come out very blurry because of the low light deep within the forest. This little one was a bit closer to the edge of the trees and actually came out sharp enough. They are such fun creatures, timid, but they do seem to like to perch and watch as we walk past. They defend their territory with a lot of fierce "chattering". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Red_Squirrel

Saw this little native Red Squirrel yesterday morning, when I was on a walk from Bebo Grove to Shannon Terrace (and back). Actually, there were a lot of these little guys, now that I really think about it. Always fun to watch. Ha, this was one of the few shots that didn't get deleted from yesterday - so many images were just a mass of tiny branches behind the main subject. We really began to wonder if we were going to see any birds, despite it being a beautiful, sunny day. Just 11 species, I think. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Red_Squirrel