Brave or Daft?
I went out to the back garden to try for a closer shot of the squirrels. There had been 4 chasing around the trees near the feeders and 1 of them seemed much less timid than the others. I moved closer to it a few slow steps at a time, giving it a chance to settle in-between moving and managed to get within about 12 feet of it. It kept a close eye on me all the time but just carried on nibbling away at the peanuts in the feeder behind an elder tree branch.
I was incredibly lucky as some weak sunshine also helped the scene.
Maybe this squirrel hadn't managed to get a meal while all the others were around and decided that it would take advantage once they had departed.
Brave or Daft?
I went out to the back garden to try for a closer shot of the squirrels. There had been 4 chasing around the trees near the feeders and 1 of them seemed much less timid than the others. I moved closer to it a few slow steps at a time, giving it a chance to settle in-between moving and managed to get within about 12 feet of it. It kept a close eye on me all the time but just carried on nibbling away at the peanuts in the feeder behind an elder tree branch.
I was incredibly lucky as some weak sunshine also helped the scene.
Maybe this squirrel hadn't managed to get a meal while all the others were around and decided that it would take advantage once they had departed.